Lectures on the Psalms II Quotes

“So also in the gospel (Matt. 16:13, 15) “Who do men say that the Son of Man is? But you (that is, you who are gods), who do you say that I am?”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“And this is a clear demonstration that the world is the image of hell and a model and forerunner of the damned, yes, like the lodging of the devil and ungodliness, which consistently ignores the Word of God and its immeasurable benefits and does not see them and most basely despises them.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“When God’s judgment is avoided, God also flees, but when it is received, He, too, becomes near. For “in trouble You have enlarged for me” (Ps. 4:1), and “a Help in the troubles that have come upon us” (Ps. 46:1). And Ps. 9:9, “A Helper in due time in tribulation.” And there is no lie in this, but it becomes a lie, if you flee from God’s judgment.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Where are the unwise, who are not only impatient but plot revenge day and night? But why? Because they do not see how great is the damage of those who have not kept the law of the Lord, therefore they have no sympathy with them but also themselves depart from the law of God through anger and impatience.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Terence, Andria, I, 1, 41: Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“The doers are much more enlightened in faith than the speculative, as even the philosopher says in his Metaphysics,75 that an experienced person acts more surely.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“To know Christ is to know goodness and discipline.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“[benignus is freundlich, gutig, bonus]”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Therefore the whole meaning is that he who by the grace of God believes suffers persecution either from the world or from the flesh.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“For through terror He sanctifies those who believe in His name.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Hence every teaching that flatters or indulges the flesh and teaches temporal things is not of God, because it is not a rod but a reed and softness of clothing (Matt. 11:7-8).”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“He is wonderful in His Holy One because He brings Him into tribulation and thus crowns Him.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“wherever answer, deliverance, or salvation are mentioned in Scripture, there we must be quick to understand that cross and suffering are there before.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“since God is always to be called on, therefore one must always be in trouble.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“In short, those of us who are in the church are in the vale of tears.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Note: God came into the world in order to cast down the demons from divine honors. And now man arrogates the same titles to himself, namely, to boast of good and righteousness, which belong to God alone. But this, too, He will at last, at His Second Coming, cast down.]”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Nothing so provokes God as unbelief, for this means denying God directly and thus committing idolatry.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Experience teaches how amazingly the ungodly and wicked tremble in lightning, pestilence, or other exigency of death, when the righteous, on the other hand, endure everything unafraid and calm.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“No one can worthily speak or hear any Scripture, unless he is touched in conformity with it, so that he feels inwardly what he hears and says outwardly and says, “Ah, this is true!”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

“Therefore conquering pride, restraining riotous living, crucifying the flesh, these are great beyond all the power of men.”
― Martin Luther, Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126