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Psalms 7:11

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"God the righteous judge, strong (in endurance) and long-suffering" (ver. 11). What God is judge, but the Lord, who judgeth the people? He is righteous; who "shall render to every man according to his works." He is strong (in endurance); who, being most powerful, for our salvation bore even with ungodly persecutors. …

On the Psalms, Psalm 7 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Above he set forth the divine judgment; here, however, he treats of the delay of the future event, namely of punishment. And first he shows the cause of the delay. Second, the preparation for vengeance: "unless you are converted," etc. He proposes, moreover, three causes why God might be thought not to punish sinners. One is because he is not just, so as to remove the providence over human acts: Ezek. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗