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Psalms 25:13

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"His soul shall dwell in good, and his seed shall, by inheritance, possess the earth" [Psalm 25:13]. And his work shall possess the stable inheritance of a renewed body.

Exposition on Psalm 25 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Now the will of man is directed to two things in this world. First, that he possess good things. Second, that he leave those good things to his children, and even in these things God satisfies those who fear him in temporal matters. Hence, as to the first, he says, "His soul shall dwell in good things." But it is better that we understand this spiritually. And here he seems to say two things: namely the abundance of goods. "His soul shall dwell in good things," taking "soul" for the will, whose object is the good. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗