I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
13. "I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living" (ver. 13). And since my Lord hath first suffered these things, if I too despise the tongues of the dying ("for the mouth that lieth slayeth the soul" ), I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living, where there is no place for falsity.
I. Hebrew, "But I believe that I shall see. "(St. Jerome)
"I had fainted, unless "(Protestants) (Haydock)
Living, or of promise, as this country is often designated, (Muis; Tirinus; Du Pin; Calmet) or rather in heaven, (Berthier; Menochius) where death shall be no more. (Haydock)
The Fathers explain it in this more elevated sense. (Calmet)
The just are comforted by God, and by the hope of heavenly rewards. (Worthington)
The land of the living may be opposed to the grave, where none can worship God. (Haydock)
