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Psalms 13:2

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Augustine of Hippo

"How long shall I place counsel in my soul?" [Psalm 13:2]. There is no need of counsel but in adversity. Therefore "How long shall I place counsel in my soul?" is as if it were said, How long shall I be in adversity? Or at least it is an answer, so that the meaning is this, So long, O Lord, will You forget me to the end, and so long turn away Your face from me, until I shall place counsel in my own soul: so that except a man place counsel in his own soul to work mercy perfectly, God will not direct him to the end, nor give him that …

Exposition on Psalm 13 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Here he confesses his own weakness, and concerning this he does two things. First he sets forth the anxiety of the heart. Second, the resulting sorrow, at "sorrow in my heart by day." As to the first, the Philosopher says in the Rhetoric that fear makes men inclined to take counsel. The same is found in Is. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗