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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"If camps stand together against me, my heart will not fear." But if the multitude of gain-sayers conspire to stand together against me, my heart will not fear, so as to go over to their side. "If war rise up against me, in this will I trust" [Psalm 27:3]. If the persecution of this world arise against me, in this petition, which I am pondering, will I place my hope.
Thomas Aquinas
"If armies should stand." A man ought to have security in two respects. First, in the preparation of evils. Second, in their endurance, at "I shall rise up." He says therefore: the Lord is thus my light, because enemies fall before me. The Gloss says: "If armies should stand against me," camps are where soldiers have stood; "my heart shall not fear." As long as a man is in camp, he does not fight but plans and deliberates for fighting. By "camps" are understood the counsels and conspiracies of the wicked against someone. 2 Kgs. …
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