Psalm 16:5
Douay-Rheims
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
Augustine of Hippo
[The psalmist is saying] "O Lord, why give me some other inheritance? Whatever you give, it isn't worth much. You be my inheritance; I love you, I love you with all I am, with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind I love you. What can it mean to me, anything you give me apart from yourself?" That is to love God freely, to hope in God for God, to hasten to be filled with God, to be satisfied with him. He, after all, is enough for you; apart from him, nothing is enough for you.
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A.D. 430 · on Ps 16:5 (SERMON 334:3)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.