But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais ceux qui se confient en l'Eternel renouvellent leur force. Ils prennent le vol comme les aigles; Ils courent, et ne se lassent point, Ils marchent, et ne se fatiguent point.
KJV
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t not to be able to stay by their own power, but by the assistance of the divine power, according to Is. 40:31, "They that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Yet if there b…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ave the place assigned to them, and consequently will not be moved. On the contrary, It is written ( Is. 40:31 ): "They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint"; and ( Wis. 3:7 ): "(The just) shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds." Therefore there wil…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
’s, and who take to themselves wings that they may come to Christ’s passion. [marg. note: Ps 103:5 , Isa 40:31 ] Greg., Mor. xxxi, 53: We may understand this, “Wheresoever the carcase is,” as meaning, I who incarnate sit on the throne of heaven, as soon as I shall have loosed the…
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