“After the light disappears, there remains only the recompense for merits. "Who in the underworld sings your praises?" must be understood to refer to forgiveness. As Solomon says of the godless, "Repentant, they will say to one another, groaning in anguish of spirit," etc. In fact, it is clear that the rich man who saw…”
Cassiodorus, 6th c. — EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 7:6
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3And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:
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1Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
2When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
— Wisdom of Solomon 5:3 —
4We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour:
5How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!