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Psalms 42:6

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"My soul is disquieted on account of myself." Is it disquieted on account of God? It is on my own account it is disquieted. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. I know that the righteousness of God remaineth; whether my own will remain stedfast, I know not. For I am alarmed by the Apostle's saying, "Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." [1 Corinthians 10:12] Therefore since "there is no soundness in me for myself," there is no hope either for me of myself. …

On the Psalms, Psalm 42 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Next he applies the remedy, namely of divine help. Where first he proposes the remedy. Second he explains it. He says therefore, "Within myself." Another reading has, "From myself my soul was disturbed." The first is better; as if to say: what is the reason, I ask, why, O soul, you disturb me? And this disturbance comes because however I turn to myself, I find tribulation within me. Hos. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗