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Symeon the New Theologian, on 1Sam 18:18
Symeon the New Theologian · c. A.D. 949–1022
1Sam 18:18 · Douay-Rheims
“And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?”
On this verse:
“As [David] looks on the greatness of God's lovingkindness, he is struck with amazement. He considers himself with all his soul to be unworthy of the vision of such goodness and does not wish to look closely at them or fully understand them. He is constrained by trembling, fear and reverence to cry, "Who am I, Lord, and what is my father's house, that you should reveal such mysteries to me, unworthy as I am, and have wondrously made me not only to have a vision of such good things, but even to participate and share in them!"”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.