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Psalms 31:14

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"But I have hoped in You, O Lord; I have said, You are my God" [Psalm 31:14]. For You have not changed, that You should not save, Who dost correct.

Exposition on Psalm 31 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"But I." Above, the Psalmist narrated the evils he was suffering; here he takes refuge in prayer. And because prayer is empty unless it rests upon sure hope, therefore he first sets forth hope and then adds the prayer, at "Deliver me from the hand," and so on. Concerning the first he does two things. First, he sets forth hope. Second, he assigns the reason for hope, at "I said, You are my God." The connection is as follows: he does not simply say "I have hoped in you," but "But I," and so on. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗