“They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.”
They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their calamity.
Church Fathers on Psalms 107:26
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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