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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"For the Word of the Lord is right:" for the Word of the Lord is right, to make you that which of yourselves ye cannot be. "And all His works are done in faith" [Psalm 33:4]: lest any think that by the merit of works he has arrived at faith, when in faith are done all the works which God Himself loves.
Thomas Aquinas
Second, when he says, "Because," he assigns the reason for joy and praise. The reason for praise and joy is twofold. One is on the part of God, in whom we are to exult. The second is on the part of his effects, at "By the word of the Lord." Concerning the first he does three things. First, he sets forth the reasons on God's part. And first, because "the word of the Lord is right," that is, his instruction: Ps. 118: "Your word is a lamp to my feet," and so on. Or, his very promise: Prov. …
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