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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it" [Psalm 40:14]. For in a certain passage he makes an accusation, and says, "I looked upon my right hand, and beheld; and there was no man who sought after my soul;" that is, there was no man to imitate Mine example. Christ in His Passion is the Speaker. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Let them be confounded." Here he presents the confusion of adversaries, of whom some are capital enemies and seek to kill. Others do not seek to kill but to harm. Others seek to mock or deceive with words. And these three kinds of evils are designated here. And these things can refer either to good or to evil: because there is a twofold confusion. One confusion is good, which is through repentance; Rom. 6: "What fruit did you have then in those things of which you are now ashamed?" The other is confusion through punishment. …
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