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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"And He hath put a new song in my mouth." What new song is this? "Even a hymn unto our God" (ver. 3). Perhaps you used to sing hymns to strange gods; old hymns, because they were uttered by the "old man," not by the "new man;" let the "new man" be formed, and let him sing a "new song;" being himself made "new," let him love those "new" things by which he is himself made new. For what is more Ancient than God, who is before all things, and is without end and without beginning? …
Thomas Aquinas
Next he gives thanks: as if to say, this very thing--that we praise--is beyond my powers, because it is greater than all praise; hence to praise God worthily is from God, that is, he himself "put a new song in my mouth": 2 Cor. 13: "Do you seek proof of Christ who speaks in me?" "A new song," that is, about new benefits; and these are: namely the work of the incarnation: Jer. 31: "The Lord has created a new thing upon the earth: a woman shall compass a man." Likewise, a new mode of liberation: Heb. …
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