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Psalms 44:22

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"For, for Your sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter" [Psalm 44:22]. For you may see a man being put to death; you do not know why he is being put to death. God knows this. The thing in itself is hid. But some one will say to me, "See, he is detained in prison for the name of Christ, he is a confessor for the name of Christ." Why do not heretics also confess the name of Christ, and yet they do not die for His sake? …

Exposition on Psalm 44 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Likewise he proves this through a clear sign, because if they had wished to withdraw, the saints would suffer no evils in this world, as they now suffer. And first he sets forth the reason why they suffer, because the cause makes the martyr; and therefore he says, "For your sake we are put to death all the day long." 1 Pet. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗