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What the Fathers say

Psalms 140:12

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I know that the Lord will maintain the right of the needy" [Psalm 140:12]. This "needy" one is not "full of words;" for he that is full of words, wisheth to abound, knoweth not to hunger. He is "needy" of whom it is said, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." They groan among the stumbling-blocks of the wicked, they pray to their Head, to be delivered from the wicked man. …

Exposition on Psalm 140 ↗