Augustine of Hippo

"My lovers;" why should I henceforth speak of my enemies? "My lovers and my neighbours drew nigh, and stood over against me." Understand this that he saith, "Stood over against me." For if they stood over against me, they fell against themselves. "My lovers and my neighbours drew nigh and stood over against me." Let us now recognise the words of the Head speaking; now let our Head in His Passion begin to dawn upon us. Yet again when the Head begins to speak, do not sever the Body from it. …

Exposition on Psalm 38 ↗

Ambrose of Milan

My friends and neighbors have approached me and stood against me. And my neighbors stood from afar. And those who sought my soul were causing violence. And those who intended harm to me spoke emptiness and deceit all day long. But I, like a deaf man, did not hear, and like a mute man who does not open his mouth. And I became like a man who does not hear and who does not have reproaches in his mouth. I see those who cleverly argue these things. …

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"My friends and my neighbors." Above, the Psalmist diligently set forth the misery which he suffers from above and from within; here, however, the misery which he suffers from his equals. Concerning this he does two things. First, he shows what he suffers from men. Second, for what reason, at "But my enemies." Concerning the first he does three things. First, he sets forth the evils which he suffers from men. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗