“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.”
They loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
Church Fathers on Psalms 107:18
1. This Psalm commends unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm. Yet was it written not for any one or two, but for the people of God, and set forth that it might know itself therein as in a mirror. Its title needs not now to be treated, for it is Halleluia, and again Halleluia. Which we have a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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