Salmos 19
Jerome · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Salmos 19:6
"And there is not one who may hide himself from his heat." Really there is none who does not have the seeds of the knowledge of God. — BRIEF COMMENTARY ON PSALM 19
Salmos 19:12
It is not my will to conceive sin; I do not want to entertain bad thoughts, and yet I do; I do not want to entertain evil, and, like a captive against my will, I am drawn into evil reflections. Because it is not in my power either to think or not to think evil, that is why I declare, "Surely they are wanton sins that come into my heart," but since I cannot seem to avoid them, I plead, "Cleanse me from my unknown faults." Unprovoked they come, but because I harbor them, I beg the Lord, "From wanton sin especially restrain your servant." Why am I saying all this? Because the prophet said, "I shall please the Lord"; not "I please" but "I shall please," for no matter how much I strive here, I cannot be a perfect man, a just man. Consequently, the apostle also says, "We know in part, and we prophesy in part," and "We see now through a mirror in an obscure manner." — HOMILY ON PSALM 114[116A]
Salmos 19:14
The third division is one of praise that teaches the impossibility of the Law, and since through transgressing it more sin had appeared in the world, the grace of the gospel has been made complete; nor is anyone able to be freed from the filthiness of his thinking except through the advent of the Holy Spirit. — BRIEF COMMENTARY ON PSALM 19