Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms

Ambrose of Milan (340–397)

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

Translated into English using ChatGPT.

Table of Contents

On Psalm 1

Preface

Commentary

On Psalm 36

Preface

Commentary

On Psalm 37

Preface

Commentary

On Psalm 38

Preface

Commentary

On Psalm 39, Commentary

On Psalm 40, Commentary

On Psalm 41, Commentary

On Psalm 44, Commentary

On Psalm 46

Preface

Commentary

On Psalm 48, Commentary

On Psalm 49, Commentary

On Psalm 62, Commentary

On Psalm 1

Preface

Since God has set forth the highest incentive to virtue to be the enjoyment of future blessedness, the devil also devised a powerful spur of delight in error. The first indication of both viewpoints is Adam, the first of the human race, placed by God in the paradise of pleasure so that he might enjoy eternal delight and be incited to virtuousness for the sake of future offspring. For it was not unknown to God that he would allow a place for error, and that he must propose hope of salvation to others, by which they would strive to restore the lost human seat to the race. And by the same likeness of the serpent which foreshadowed the enticement of pleasure, being…

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