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Psalms 116:10

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

..."I believed," saith he, "and therefore did I speak. But I was sorely brought down" (ver. 10). For he suffered many tribulations, for the sake of the word which he faithfully held, faithfully preached; and he was sorely brought down; as they feared who loved the praise of men better than that of God. But what meaneth, "But I"? …

Exposition on Psalm 116 ↗

Jerome

I believed, therefore have I spoken. In the Hebrew the one hundred and fourteenth psalm and the one hundred and fifteenth are one psalm. So then, what did he say? I believed, therefore have I spoken. What did you believe? What did you speak? The earlier psalm ended thus: "I shall please before the Lord in the land of the living." So the prophet says: I believed, therefore have I spoken. What did I believe? That I shall please before the Lord in the land of the living. This I believed, and I spoke. But what did I speak? …

Homily 40, on Psalm 115 ↗