“Then, even if anger boils up, it is easily cooled. If passion flares forth, the flames are readily quenched. If envy consumes us, it is not difficult to drive it away. The same thing happens that the prophet says happens when the sun rises. What did he say? "You made the darkness, and it was night. In it all the wild…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS 7:59
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20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
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18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
— Psalms 104:20 —
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.