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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"My righteous help is from the Lord, who maketh whole the upright in heart" (ver. 10). The offices of medicine are twofold, on the curing infirmity, the other the preserving health. According to the first it was said in the preceding Psalm, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak;" according to the second it is said in this Psalm, "If there be iniquity in my hands, if I have repaid them that recompense me evil, may I therefore fall by my enemies empty." For there the weak prays that he may be delivered, here one already whole that …
Thomas Aquinas
Then he infers, "My just help is from the Lord," etc. Here the confidence conceived from the judge is set forth, from whom help is to be hoped for. For there is a twofold help of God: namely, of mercy, and another of justice. The help by which one is freed from evils and sins is of mercy, and it is not just, because it is not from merits. But when someone is justified, God brings it to completion; and this is of justice, because it corresponds in some way to merit. Of the first, Ps. 9: "A helper in times of need," etc. …
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