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Psalms 68:30

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

Be there done that which followeth, "Rebuke Thou the beasts of the cane" [Psalm 68:30]. For both beasts they are, since by not understanding they do hurt: and beasts of the cane they are, since the sense of the Scriptures they wrest according to their own misapprehension. …

Exposition on Psalm 68 ↗

Jerome

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed, that is, the heretics, who compose and write against you, so as to deceive us. "For there must also be heresies among us." For they are called "wild beasts" from the fact that they seize souls and kill them. But it can be understood also of the devil and his angels. The assembly of bulls among the cows of the peoples. …

Homily 7, on Psalm 67 ↗