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What the Fathers say

Psalms 68:5

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Exult ye in the sight of Him," O ye to whom hath been said, "Sing ye to God, psalm ye to the name of Him, a way make ye to Him that hath ascended above the setting," also "exult in the sight of Him:" as if "sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing." For while ye make a way to Him, while ye prepare a way whereby He may come and possess the nations, ye are to suffer in the sight of men many sorrowful things. But not only faint not, but even exult, not in the sight of men, but in the sight of God. …

On the Psalms, Psalm 68 ↗

Jerome

God is in his holy place. God always dwells in his holy ones: wherever holiness is, there is the dwelling-place of God.

Homily 7, on Psalm 67 ↗