“For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”
The psalmist affirms that with God is the fountain of life and in God's light we see light. The phrase 'fountain of life' establishes God as the source of all vitality and being, the origin from which all life flows. The affirmation that 'in your light we see light' suggests that divine illumination enables understanding and perception. This verse establishes the ultimate theological truth: God is the source and sustainer of all existence and understanding.
Church Fathers on Psalms 36:9
1. ...“The ungodly has said in himself that he will sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes” Psalm 35:1. Not of one man, but of a race of ungodly men he speaks, who fight against their own selves, by not understanding, that so they may live well; not because they cannot, but because they will not. For it is one thing, when one endeavours to understand some thing, and through infirmity of flesh cannot; as says the Scripture in a certain place, “For the corruptible body…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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