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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
...Perchance thy heart saith, Wretch that I am, I suppose to no purpose I have believed, God doth not regard things human. God therefore doth awaken us: and He saith what? "Fear not, though a man have become rich." For why didst thou fear, because a man hath become rich? …
Thomas Aquinas
"Do not fear." Above, the Psalmist showed what is to be feared in the world by man; here he shows what is not to be feared, namely the prosperity of the wicked. And first he admonishes that we should not fear on account of the prosperity of the wicked; second, he assigns the reason, at "For when he shall die." The prosperity of the wicked has two things: namely, abundance of riches and sublimity of glory. …
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