The Midst Of Tribulations

Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me. Non abnuit justus iste, ne in mediis tribulationibus ambulet. Scit enim quid tribulatio, secundum Apostolum , patientiam operatur. Scit improbabilem virum non placere, scit victorem militem nisi bello non futurum ; scit intentatam fidem languere , scit in tribulationibus, secundum apostolum , gloriandum: Scit imparem se tribulationibus nisi auxilio Dei esse; et idcirco per Deum salutis suae certus est: et eum in mediis tribulationibus ambulet, per eumdem se vivificandum esse confidit. Sanctus Hilarius Pictaviensis, Tractatus super Psalmos, Tractatus in Psalmum CXXXVII Source: Migne PL 9.790c-d

If I shall walk in the midst of tribulations, you shall preserve me. 1 The righteous man does not refuse to walk in the midst of tribulations. He knows that according to the Apostle tribulation works patience. 2 He knows this does not please the wretched man. He knows there shall be no victorious soldier without battle. He knows that firm faith can grow weak. He knows that according to the Apostle, there is glory in tribulations. 2 He knows that he is no match for tribulations unless with the help of God, and therefore that it is through God that his salvation is certain, and when in the midst of tribulations he shall walk he is confident that he shall be preserved by Him. Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Homilies on the Psalms, from Psalm 137 1 Ps 137.7 2 Rom 5.3