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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"They have cried out, and there was none to save them" [Psalm 18:41]. For who can save them, whom You would not save? "To the Lord, and He did not hear them." Nor did they cry out to any chance one, but to the Lord: and He did not judge them worthy of being heard, who depart not from their wickedness.
Thomas Aquinas
"They cried out." Here he shows that they are completely desolate; hence he says, "they cried out, and there was none to save them," because they had neither the help of men nor of the gods whom they themselves called the creators of things. Jer. 2: "Where are your gods that you have made? Let them arise and deliver you in the time of your affliction." Hence there follows: "They cried out to the Lord, and he did not hear them." Is. 1: "When you multiply your prayers, I will not hear you." But against this: Is. …
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