Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 8:8

“Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.”

“Some are flying creatures, that is, birds: and some are swimming creatures, that is, fish. Second, the proud, the birds: Mt. 13: "The birds of the air devoured it": Dt. 32: "They shall be devoured by birds with a most bitter bite." Third, the greedy, who "traverse the paths of the sea," literally; or of the world: Ps. 11: "The wicked walk round about": Job 1: "I have gone around the earth, and walked through it."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.