George Leo Haydock

For. Hebrew, “Though.” David’s parents fled to him, 1 Kings xxii. 1. Yet they had made small account of him, till Samuel called him forth, 1 Kings xvi. 10. The father-in-law and mother-in-law may be also designated. When a saint is deprived of every human advantage, he may still say with St. Augustine, “They have taken from me what God gave, but they have not taken God from me, who gave those things.” (Berthier) — Though I am like an orphan, I hope for all good from God, my father, Isaias lxiii. 16. (Calmet)