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Psalms 22:2

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

My God, I will cry unto You in the daytime, and You will not hear [Psalm 22:2]. My God, I will cry unto You in the prosperous circumstances of this life, that they be not changed; and You will not hear, because I shall cry unto You in the words of my sins. "And in the night-season, and not to my folly." And so in the adversities of this life will I cry to You for prosperity; and in like manner You will not hear. …

Exposition on Psalm 22 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"My God." These things are pursued in particular. By day and night we can understand two things. In one way, literally, temporal day and night, and thus "to cry out" means to cry out continually; hence he says, "You will not hear"; as if to say: although I cry out continually, I am nevertheless not heard. Jerome's text has, "and by night, and there is no silence for me," as if I do not cease praying day and night. In another way, by "day" is understood prosperity, and by "night" adversity. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗