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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"They will be weakened, and perish from Your face" [Psalm 9:3]. Who will be weakened and perish, but the unrighteous and ungodly? "They will be weakened," while they shall avail nothing; "and they shall perish," because the ungodly will not be; "from the face" of God, that is, from the knowledge of God, as he perished who said, "But now I live not, but Christ lives in me." [Galatians 2:20] But why will the ungodly "be weakened and perish from your face?" "Because," he says, "You have made my judgment, and my cause:" that is, the …
Thomas Aquinas
"When." Here is set forth the matter of the thanksgiving. First, specifically for himself; second, in general, "let them be turned back." Concerning the first, he does three things. First, he sets forth the deed; second, he praises the authority of the doer, at "the Lord endures forever." Third, he adds the fruit, at "let them hope in you." He sets forth two things: the deed and the justice of the deed. …
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