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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Mine enemies have compassed about My soul;" "they have shut up their own fat" [Psalm 17:10]. They have been covered with their own gross joy, after that their desire has been satiated with wickedness. "Their mouth has spoken pride." And therefore their mouth spoke pride, in saying, "Hail, King of the Jews," [Matthew 27:29] and other like words.
Thomas Aquinas
Next he sets forth the manner; hence he says, "Their fatness." Fatness in Scripture is sometimes taken in a good sense, sometimes in a bad sense. In a good sense, insofar as it signifies devotion of mind: Ps. 62: "Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness." In a bad sense: first, insofar as it signifies wickedness of heart; second, of mouth; third, of deed. And therefore it designates detestable malice: Job 21: "The bowels of the wicked are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow." And this is manifold. …
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