Psalms 12:7 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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What the Fathers say

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Augustine of Hippo

"You, O Lord, shall preserve us, and keep us from this generation to eternity" [Psalm 12:7]: here as needy and poor, there as wealthy and rich.

Thomas Aquinas

And the prophet responds: "You therefore, O Lord, will keep us from evil." "And you will guard us in good, from this generation forever."