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Psalms 25:21

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"The innocent and the upright have cleaved to me, for I have waited for You, O Lord" [Psalm 25:21]. The innocent and the upright, not in bodily presence only, as the evil, are mingled with me, but in the agreement of the heart in the same innocence and uprightness cleave to me: for I have not fallen away to imitate the evil; but I have waited for You, expecting the winnowing of Your last harvest.

Exposition on Psalm 25 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Another reason is that your friends lean upon me. Sometimes God frees someone not because of his own merits, but lest friends of God perish together with him upon whom they lean. When he says, "The innocent and upright have clung to me," the innocent are those who turn away from evil, the upright are those who do good: Sir. 13: "Every living creature loves its like." And why? "Because I have waited for you," that is, because I have hoped in you: Ps. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗