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1 Masquil de Asaf. ¡Pueblo mío, oye mis enseñanzas! Abre tus oídos a lo que digo.
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Porque te hablaré en parábolas; te enseñaré lecciones escondidas en nuestro pasado;
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 cosas que hemos oído y conocido, cosas que nuestros padres nos han contado.
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 No esconderemos estas verdades a nuestros hijos; diremos a la generación venidera de las gloriosas obras del Señor, de su poder y de sus grandes milagros.
4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
5 Porque él dio sus mandatos a Jacob y a Israel sus leyes, y ordenó a nuestros padres que las enseñaran a sus hijos,
5 For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
6 para que estos a su vez las enseñaran a sus hijos, aun a los que estaban por nacer. De este modo, sus leyes se transmiten de generación en generación.
6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
7 Así, cada generación ha podido obedecer sus leyes y poner nuevamente su esperanza en Dios y no olvidarse de sus gloriosos milagros.
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
8 No tenían que ser como sus padres: tercos, rebeldes, infieles, que no quieren entregarle a Dios su corazón.
8 and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9 Los guerreros de Efraín, aunque bien armados, volvieron las espaldas y huyeron al llegar el día de la batalla,
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 porque no cumplieron el pacto con Dios y no obedecían sus leyes.
10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
11 Se olvidaron de lo que él había hecho, los admirables milagros que él les había mostrado,
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
12 de los milagros que hizo a la vista de sus padres en la tierra de Egipto, en la región de Zoán.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 Porque él abrió el mar ante ellos, y los guio a través del mismo. ¡Como muros a ambos lados de ellos se detuvieron las aguas!
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 Durante el día los guio mediante una nube, y durante la noche mediante una columna de fuego.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 En el desierto abrió las rocas para suministrarles agua en abundancia, como si brotaran de una fuente.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 ¡De la roca manaron corrientes que fluyeron como un río!
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Pero ellos siguieron en su rebeldía, pecando contra el Altísimo en el desierto.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 Con toda intención pusieron a Dios a prueba, exigiéndole comida a su antojo.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Murmuraron contra Dios diciendo: «Dios no puede darnos comida en el desierto,
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 sin embargo cuando golpeó la roca, el agua brotó como ríos, pero no puede darle a su pueblo pan y carne».
20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
21 Cuando el Señor oyó esto, se puso muy furioso y su enojo se encendió contra Jacob, su ira ardió contra Israel.
21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 Porque no creían en Dios ni confiaban en que él cuidaría de ellos.
22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
23 Desde lo alto dio una orden a la nubes, y se abrieron las puertas de los cielos.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
24 Hizo llover maná para que se alimentaran. ¡Les dio pan del cielo!
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
25 ¡Alimento de ángeles comieron! Les dio hasta que se saciaran.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
26 Y él llevó el viento oriental y al viento del sur guio con su gran poder.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
27 Hizo llover aves abundantes como polvo; nubes de aves como la arena de la playa.
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 Hizo que las aves cayeran en medio de las tiendas.
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
29 El pueblo comió hasta hartarse. Les dio lo que pedían.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
30 Mas apenas habían terminado de comer, aún tenían la carne en la boca,
30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
31 cuando se alzó contra ellos la ira del Señor, y mató a los hombres más fuertes, a los mejores de entre los jóvenes de Israel.
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
32 Pero aun así el pueblo continuó pecando y rehusó creer en los milagros.
32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
33 Entonces él les acortó la vida y les dio años de terror.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Si Dios los castigaba, entonces lo buscaban, se arrepentían y volvían a Dios.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 Entonces, recordaron que Dios era su roca; que su redentor era el Dios Altísimo.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Pero sólo de boca lo seguían; le mentían con la lengua;
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 lejos andaba su corazón. No cumplían con su pacto.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38 Pero él fue misericordioso; les perdonaba sus pecados y no los destruía. Una y otra vez contuvo su ira.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
39 Porque se acordaba que eran simples mortales, que en un momento se desvanecen como un soplo del viento y nunca regresan.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
40 ¡Cuántas veces se rebelaron contra él en aquellos años del desierto y le entristecieron el corazón!
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
41 Una y otra vez pusieron a prueba la paciencia de Dios, y provocaron al Santo de Israel.
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Se olvidaron de su poder, y de cómo los había librado de sus enemigos;
42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43 olvidaron sus señales milagrosas en Egipto, sus maravillas en la región de Zoán.
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 Cómo volvió sangre sus ríos y nadie podía beber de sus aguas,
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45 y cómo envió enormes nubes de moscas que cubrieron la tierra, y cómo las ranas llenaron todo Egipto.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Entregó a los gusanos sus cultivos. Las langostas consumieron sus cosechas.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47 Mediante granizo les destruyó las viñas y sicómoros.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 Entregó su ganado al granizo y sus rebaños a los rayos.
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 Sobre ellos desató el furor de su ira, derramando dolor y enemistad. Contra ellos mandó un ejército de ángeles destructores.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50 Dio rienda suelta a su ira y no libró la vida de las egipcios, sino que los entregó a plagas.
50 He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 Luego mató al hijo mayor de cada familia egipcia: a cada retoño a lo largo de toda la tierra de Egipto.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Pero a su pueblo lo guio como a un rebaño; seguro por el desierto.
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 A salvo los guardó para que no temieran. Pero el mar se precipitó sobre los enemigos de ellos y se los tragó.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 Él los llevó a la frontera de su tierra santa, a esta tierra de colinas que para ellos él conquistó.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
55 Echó a las naciones que ocupaban la tierra, y a cada tribu de Israel le dio una porción de tierra como herencia.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Pero aunque hizo todo esto por ellos, continuaron poniendo a prueba la paciencia de Dios; rebelándose contra el Dios Altísimo y negándose a cumplir sus mandatos.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
57 Fueron desleales y traidores, como sus padres; ¡tan falsos como un arco defectuoso!
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
58 Lo hicieron enojar construyendo altares a otros dioses; con sus ídolos despertaron sus celos.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 Al ver esto, grande fue la ira de Dios, y él rechazó completamente al pueblo de Israel.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
60 Entonces abandonó su tabernáculo que estaba en Siló, en donde había morado entre los hombres,
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
61 y permitió que el símbolo de su poder y gloria cayera cautivo en manos enemigas.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
62 Tan furioso estaba contra su propio pueblo, que dejó que los mataran a filo de espada.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 Sus jóvenes murieron a fuego, y sus doncellas perecieron sin haber alcanzado la edad de cantar sus cánticos nupciales.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 Sus sacerdotes fueron asesinados y sus viudas murieron sin que pudieran siquiera comenzar su lamento.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
65 Entonces se alzó el Señor como si hubiera estado durmiendo, como hombre poderoso que se despierta de un sueño causado por el vino;
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 y derrotó a sus enemigos, y los rechazó, y los envió a eterna vergüenza.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Desechó a la familia de José, no escogió a la tribu de Efraín,
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 y eligió a la tribu de Judá, y al monte Sion, que él amaba.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
69 Allí edificó su imponente santuario, tan sólido y duradero como la tierra misma.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
70 Escogió a su siervo David, y lo llamó de los apriscos de las ovejas;
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 y lo quitó de andar arriando los rebaños para que fuera el pastor de los descendientes de Jacob, pastor de Israel el pueblo de Dios;
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
72 y él los cuidó con sincero corazón y mano diestra.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Cross references (70)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Isaiah 51:4; Isaiah 55:3; 2 Chronicles 15:1–16; Psalm 50:7; Proverbs 8:4–6
  2. 2 Matthew 13:34–35; Matthew 13:11–13; Mark 4:34; Psalm 49:4; Proverbs 1:6
  3. 3 Psalm 44:1; Exodus 12:26–27; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 13:14–15; Psalm 48:8
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 11:19; Joel 1:3; Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 145:4–6; Deuteronomy 6:7
  5. 5 Ephesians 6:4; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 4:45; Psalm 81:5
  6. 6 Joel 1:3; Psalm 102:18; Psalm 90:16; Esther 9:28; Deuteronomy 4:10
  7. 7 Deuteronomy 5:29; Revelation 14:12; Deuteronomy 4:9; 1 John 5:3; John 14:21–24
  8. 8 Psalm 78:37; Exodus 32:9; 2 Kings 17:14; Ezekiel 20:18; Deuteronomy 31:27
  9. 9 1 Samuel 31:1; Deuteronomy 1:41–44; Joshua 17:16–18; Psalm 78:57; Judges 9:28
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 31:20; Nehemiah 9:26–29; Deuteronomy 31:16; Judges 2:10–12; 2 Kings 17:14–15
  11. 11 Psalm 106:13; Deuteronomy 32:18; Psalm 78:7; Psalm 106:21–22; Jeremiah 2:32
  12. 12 Numbers 13:22; Isaiah 19:11; Ezekiel 30:14; Isaiah 19:13; Exodus 7:1–12:51
  13. 13 Exodus 14:21; Exodus 15:8; Psalm 66:6; Psalm 106:9–10; Joshua 3:16
  14. 14 Psalm 105:39; Exodus 13:21–22; Exodus 14:24; Nehemiah 9:12; Exodus 40:35–38
  15. 15 Exodus 17:6; Psalm 105:41; Numbers 20:11; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Psalm 114:8
  16. 16 Numbers 20:10–11; Numbers 20:8; Deuteronomy 8:15; Psalm 105:41; Deuteronomy 9:21
  17. 17 Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:16–19; Deuteronomy 9:8; Psalm 106:13–32; Psalm 95:8–10
  18. 18 Numbers 11:4; Deuteronomy 6:16; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Psalm 106:14–15; 1 Corinthians 10:6
  19. 19 Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:4; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 16:8–10; Psalm 23:5
  20. 20 Numbers 20:11; Numbers 11:21–23; Psalm 78:41; Numbers 11:18; Genesis 18:12–14
  21. 21 Jude 5; Numbers 11:1–3; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Numbers 11:10; Hebrews 12:29
  22. 22 Hebrews 3:18–19; Jude 5; Deuteronomy 1:32; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 3:12
  23. 23 Genesis 7:11; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 33:9; 2 Kings 7:19; Isaiah 5:6
  24. 24 Exodus 16:4; Psalm 105:40; John 6:31–71; Deuteronomy 8:3; Nehemiah 9:15
  25. 25 Exodus 16:8; Matthew 15:37; Matthew 14:20; Psalm 103:20
  26. 26 Numbers 11:31; Psalm 135:7
  27. 27 Exodus 16:12–13; Numbers 11:18–19; Numbers 11:32
  28. 29 Numbers 11:19–20; Psalm 106:15
  29. 30 Numbers 11:33–34; Proverbs 1:32; Luke 16:19–23; Numbers 22:20–22
  30. 32 John 12:37; Psalm 78:22; Luke 16:31; Ezekiel 20:13; Psalm 78:11
  31. 33 Numbers 14:35; Numbers 14:29; Numbers 26:64–65; Ecclesiastes 12:13–14; Deuteronomy 2:14–16
  32. 34 Hosea 5:15; Numbers 21:7; Judges 3:12–15; Hosea 7:14; Judges 3:8–9
  33. 35 Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 41:14; Exodus 15:13; Titus 2:14; Deuteronomy 32:15
  34. 36 Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 57:11; Hosea 11:12
  35. 37 Psalm 78:8; Acts 8:21; Psalm 51:10; Hosea 7:14; Psalm 119:80
  36. 38 Isaiah 48:9; Numbers 14:18–20; Ezekiel 20:17; Ezekiel 20:13–14; Isaiah 44:21–22
  37. 39 James 4:14; Genesis 6:3; Job 7:7; Job 7:16; Psalm 103:14–16
  38. 40 Ephesians 4:30; Psalm 95:8–10; Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:15–17; Numbers 14:11
  39. 41 Numbers 14:22; Hebrews 3:8–11; Acts 7:39; Deuteronomy 6:16; 2 Peter 2:21–22
  40. 42 Judges 8:34; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalm 78:11; Exodus 14:12; Psalm 136:10–15
  41. 43 Exodus 4:21; Deuteronomy 6:22; Exodus 3:19–20; Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalm 135:9
  42. 44 Psalm 105:29; Exodus 7:17–21; Revelation 16:3–6
  43. 45 Exodus 8:21–24; Exodus 8:2–15; Psalm 105:30–31; Revelation 16:3
  44. 46 Exodus 10:12–15; Psalm 105:34–35; Revelation 9:2–11; Joel 1:4–7; Joel 2:25
  45. 47 Exodus 9:18–34; Psalm 105:32–33
  46. 48 Exodus 9:19; Exodus 9:28
  47. 49 Exodus 12:13; Exodus 15:7; Psalm 11:6; Lamentations 4:11; 1 Kings 22:21–22
  48. 50 Ezekiel 7:4; 2 Peter 2:4–5; Ezekiel 8:18; Exodus 9:3–6; Ezekiel 9:10
  49. 51 Psalm 105:23; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 105:36; Psalm 136:10
  50. 52 Psalm 77:20; Nehemiah 9:12; John 10:11–42; Isaiah 63:11–14; Psalm 100:3
  51. 53 Exodus 14:19–20; Exodus 15:10; Exodus 14:27–28; Hebrews 11:29; Psalm 136:15
  52. 54 Psalm 44:3; Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 11:9; Psalm 68:16; Daniel 9:16–20
  53. 55 Joshua 13:7; Psalm 44:2; Nehemiah 9:22–25; Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Joshua 6:1–21
  54. 56 Judges 2:11–12; Deuteronomy 31:16–20; Psalm 78:40–41; Deuteronomy 32:15–21; 2 Kings 17:7–23
  55. 57 Hosea 7:16; Ezekiel 20:27–28; Psalm 78:8; Judges 3:5–7; Psalm 78:10–37
  56. 58 Deuteronomy 32:21; Leviticus 26:30; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Kings 12:31; Deuteronomy 32:16–17
  57. 59 Psalm 106:40; Lamentations 2:7; Deuteronomy 32:19; Leviticus 26:44; Psalm 11:4
  58. 60 Joshua 18:1; 1 Samuel 4:4–11; Jeremiah 26:6–9; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12–14
  59. 61 Psalm 132:8; 1 Samuel 4:21–5:2; 1 Samuel 4:17; Judges 18:30; Exodus 40:34
  60. 62 1 Samuel 4:2; Psalm 89:38; Isaiah 64:9; 1 Samuel 4:10–11
  61. 63 Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Numbers 11:1; Psalm 78:21; Deuteronomy 29:20
  62. 64 1 Samuel 4:17; Job 27:15; Ezekiel 24:23; 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
  63. 65 Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:6; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 42:13–14; Psalm 73:20
  64. 66 1 Samuel 5:6; Jeremiah 23:40; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 6:4
  65. 67 1 Samuel 6:21–7:1; 2 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 6:2
  66. 68 Psalm 87:2; Psalm 132:12–14; Genesis 49:8–10; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Samuel 16:1
  67. 69 1 Kings 6:1–38; Isaiah 51:6; 2 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Kings 9:8; Colossians 1:16–17
  68. 70 1 Samuel 16:11–12; Acts 13:22; Psalm 89:19–20; 1 Kings 19:19–20; Exodus 3:1
  69. 71 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 11:2; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Genesis 33:13
  70. 72 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Timothy 2:15; Isaiah 11:2–4; Acts 13:22; Psalm 101:1–8

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What the Fathers said

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXVII)

    "With my voice," he saith, "to the Lord I have cried" (ver. 1). But many men cry unto the Lord for the sake of getting riches and avoiding losses, for the safety of their friends, for the security of their house, for temporal felicity, for secular dignity, lastly, even for mere soundness of body, which is the inheritance of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 78:36 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XIV–XVIII)

    … Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant." "Let the deceitful lips become silent," [and "let the Lord destroy all the lying lips, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 78:5 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XVI)

    … birth: "And He appointed a law in Israel, that another generation might know [Him,] the children which should he born from these, and they arising shall themselves declare to their children, so that they might set their hope in God, and seek after His commandments." And again, the angel said, when bringing good tidings to Mary: "He shall he great, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 78:39 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I, Chapters X–XIII)

    for I was "but flesh, a wind that passeth away and cometh not again." For those primary lessons were better, assuredly, because more certain; seeing that by their agency I acquired, and still retain, the power of reading what I find written, and writing myself what I will; whilst in the others I was compelled to learn about the wanderings …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 78:53 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XIX)

    … by this guidance some humble service, for the Word witnesses that it was the work of God;--"Thou leddest thy people," it is said "like a flock," and "Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock," and "He led them on safely, so that they feared not." Thus when you hear that when the Comforter is come, He will put you in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)