Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 91:1

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 425, footnote 10 (Image)

Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms

Expositions on the Book of Psalms. (HTML)

Psalm LXXXVIII (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4092 (In-Text, Margin)

... me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. I prefer this interpretation to that which refers the words, “they are cut away from Thy hand,” to those who sleep in the tomb, whom God hath not yet remembered: since the righteous are among the latter, of whom, even though God hath not yet called them to the resurrection, it is said, that their “souls are in the hands of God,” that is, that “they dwell under the defence of the Most High; and shall abide under the shadow of the God of Heaven.”[Psalms 91:1] But it is those who are cut away from the hand of God, who believed that Christ was cut off from His hand, and thus accounting Him among the wicked, dared to slay Him.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 280, footnote 1 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

The Letters. (HTML)

To the presbyters of Nicopolis. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3013 (In-Text, Margin)

... faith and mockery of piety, all to deceive every one whom he met. But how are you injured? Are you any worse off for this than you were before? One of your number has fallen away, and if one or two others have gone with him, they are to be pitied for their fall, but, by God’s grace, your body is whole. The useless part has gone, and what is left has not suffered mutilation. You are haply distressed that you are driven without the walls, but you shall dwell under the protection of the God of Heaven,[Psalms 91:1] and the angel who watches over the Church has gone out with you. So they lie down in empty places day by day, bringing upon themselves heavy judgment through the dispersion of the people. And, if in all this there is sorrow to be borne, I trust in ...