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What the Fathers say

Psalms 25:22

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles" [Psalm 25:22]. "Redeem Your people, O God," whom You have prepared to see You, out of his troubles, not those only which he bears without, but those also which he bears within.

Exposition on Psalm 25 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"Deliver." Here the Psalmist presents a petition for the whole people; hence he says, "Deliver, O God, Israel," that is, that people, or those whom you have predestined to see God, "from all their tribulations." And this will be perfectly in the homeland, when what is said in Rev. 21 will be fulfilled: "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more mourning nor crying," etc.

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗