Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est sur une montagne haute et élevée que tu dresses ta couche; C'est aussi là que tu montes pour offrir des sacrifices.
KJV
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
praiseworthy, according as the person it is offered to is in greater need: wherefore it is written ( Is. 57:7 ): "Deal thy bread to the hungry." But God needs nothing that we can offer Him, according to Ps. 15:2, "I have said: Thou art my God, for Thou hast no need of my goods."…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)
invenitur, sicut in Isaia ad plebem reprobam Deus dicit: «Haec est pars tua, sorsque mensurae tuae (Isa. LVII, 7) .» Et de inimicis populi Dei idem propheta ait: «Haec est pars eorum, qui vastaverunt nos, et sors diripientium nos (Isa. XVII, 18) .» Venit ergo «utraque sors,» id…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)
simplicitatem, sive, quia illi conjuncti sunt, de quo Isaias ait: Sicut ovis ad occisionem ducetur (Isa. LVII, 7) . [Col. 0215D] Quid autem in his agant [Note: [Col. 0215D] Subintellige subditur. ] , non dejicimur, non perimus, sed superamus in omnibus. Ubi notandum, quia non…
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