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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Look on me, and hear me, O Lord my God" [Psalm 13:3]. "Look on me," refers to what was said, "How long" dost "Thou turn away Your face from me." "Hear," refers to what was said, "How long will You forget me to the end? Lighten my eyes, that I sleep not in death." The eyes of the heart must be understood, that they be not closed by the pleasurable eclipse of sin.
Thomas Aquinas
The second part of this Psalm sets forth the prayer or petition. And first the petition is set forth corresponding to God's seeming indifference. Second, to his own weakness, at "enlighten my eyes," etc. Third, to the prosperity of his enemies, at "lest my enemy say," etc. First he speaks of God's seeming indifference through forgetfulness and turning away. As if to say: "look upon me," that is, turn toward me, you who turn away when you have forgotten. "Now hear me." Is. …
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