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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You" [Psalm 35:10]. Who can speak anything worthily of these words? I think them only to be pronounced, not to be expounded. Why do you seek this or that? What is like your Lord? Him have you before you. "The unrighteous have declared unto me delights, but not after Your law, O Lord!" Persecutors have been who have said, Worship Saturn, worship Mercury. I worship not idols (says he): "Lord, who is like You? …
Thomas Aquinas
Consequently, when he says, "all my bones," the second fruit is set forth, which is divine reverence; and regarding this he does two things. First, he sets forth reverence toward God. Second, he assigns the reason, at "rescuing." He says therefore, "all my bones." All the strength of man, compared to God, is weakness; hence the more knowledge one has of God, the less one understands one's own power to be. …
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