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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"For I said, Let not mine enemies ever rejoice over me. And when my feet slip, they magnify themselves against me" (ver. 16). Again He returns to the infirmity of His Body: and again the Head takes heed of Its "feet." The Head is not in such a manner in Heaven, as to forsake what It has on earth; He evidently sees and observes us. For sometimes, as is the way of this life, our feet are "turned aside," and they slip by falling into some sin; there the tongues of the enemy rise up with the bitterest malignity. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Because." Above the Psalmist set forth the evils which he suffered from men, and also showed his patience, and assigned one reason for patience on the part of God; here, however, he assigns the reason for patience on the part of enemies. It sometimes happens, by God's mercy, that one who suffers tribulation endures the evils inflicted by others, so as to have peace with his enemies. Prov. …
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