Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 54:8

“Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.”

“"I waited for him." Here he shows what he expects from God, namely God's help, which is the completion of his desire. Ps. (54): "I waited for him who saved me," etc. And therefore he says, "who would save me." And why? Because he alone is the Savior. And from what does he save? From the two things on account of which he seemed to be moved to take up wings: namely, from the affliction of being troubled among men. One is the sorrow of heart, which believes it will find rest there. Hence he says, "from faintheartedness of spirit." He is too bold who seeks to have rest among disturbances. Is. 35: "Say to the fainthearted: Be strengthened." "And from the storm," namely from the tribulation of men, save me, both temporal and spiritual.”

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