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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Therefore follows: "The Lord will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-time will He declare it" [Psalm 42:8]. In tribulation no man has leisure to hear: attend, when it is well with you; hear, when it is well with you; learn, when you are in tranquillity, the discipline of wisdom, and store up the word of God as you do food. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. …
Thomas Aquinas
"In the day." As has been said, he stated two things: the disturbance in himself, etc., and confidence, at "Therefore I will be mindful of you." And he set forth the cause of the disturbance; now he explains the cause why he is mindful of God. And first he sets forth the experience of divine mercy; second he adds a prayer, at "With me is prayer." And he does two things, according to the twofold state of divine mercy, because the mercy of God is gentle in prosperity and in adversity. …
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