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Psalms 18:38

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand" [Psalm 18:38]: and they shall not hold out against me. "They shall fall under my feet." When they are cast down, I will place before me the loves whereby I walk for evermore.

Exposition on Psalm 18 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"I will break them." Here he excludes their power of resisting; as if to say: they will not resist me, because "I will break them," that is, I will so diminish their forces that "they shall not be able to stand." Ps. 35: "All the workers of iniquity have fallen; they were cast out and could not stand." Job 38: "The exalted arm shall be broken," that is, they will not endure against me, or they will not be able to resist. Lev. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗