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Lamentations 3:63

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

The people here are accused of their sins. First, regarding the affliction in their shame: "Thou hast heard their taunts, O Lord, all their devices against me." Which declares, as if: there is no need for proof. For the prophet Daniel 9:16 asserts: "And for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us." Second, such is insofar as to threats: "The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long." As Psalm 38:12 says: "those who seek my hurt speak of …

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