Theodore of Mopsuestia, on Ps 44:6

“Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king’s enemies.”

“Immediately he proceeded to say also "a rod of equity," which suggests correctness and justice in prosecution. Such an expression, however, seems not applicable to a human being—at least such an expression occurs nowhere in reference to a human being—whereas it is applicable to God, of whom he says also in another place, "He will judge the world in righteousness; he will judge peoples in rectitude," and elsewhere, "Good and upright is the Lord," and "Because the word of the Lord is upright."”

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