Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 108:4
There are 2 footnotes for this reference.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 536, footnote 7 (Image)
Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms
Expositions on the Book of Psalms. (HTML)
Psalm CVIII (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 4903 (In-Text, Margin)
... Whatever slight differences therefore occur in this th Psalm, compared with those two, of parts of which it is composed, are easy to understand; just as we find in the th, “I will sing and give praise; awake, O my glory:” here,“ I will sing and give praise, with my glory.” Awake, is said there, that he may sing and give praise therewith. Also, there, “Thy mercy is great” (or, as some translate, “is lifted up”) “unto the heavens;” but here, “Thy mercy is great above the heavens.”[Psalms 108:4] For it is great unto the heavens, that it may be great in the heavens; and this is what he wished to express by “above the heavens.” Also in the th, “I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem:” here “I will be exalted, and will divide ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 5, page 134, footnote 3 (Image)
Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters
Dogmatic Treatises. (HTML)
Against Eunomius. (HTML)
Book II (HTML)
Lastly he displays at length the folly of Eunomius, who at times speaks of the Holy Spirit as created, and as the fairest work of the Son, and at other times confesses, by the operations attributed to Him, that He is God, and thus ends the book. (HTML)
... adversaries. How does the Psalmist seek his healing from God, saying, “Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed!” It is to God that Isaiah says, “The dew that is from Thee is healing unto them.” Again, prophetic language attests that the conversion of those in error is the work of God. For “they went astray in the wilderness in a thirsty land,” says the Psalmist, and he adds, “So He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt[Psalms 108:4-7]:” and, “when the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion.” In like manner also the comfort of the afflicted is ascribed to God, Paul thus speaking, “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who comforteth us in all our tribulation.” ...