Holy Scripture

Psalms 102:9

A church father on this verse
“So then the prophet comforted David as we have seen, but that blessed man, though he received most gladly the assurance, "The Lord has put away your sin," did not, king as he was, draw back from penitence. Indeed he put on sackcloth in place of his purple robe, and the king sat in ashes on the bare earth instead of on…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — Catechetical Lecture 2:12

Source: Septuagint

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9He will not be always angry; Neither will he be wrathful forever.

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7He made known his ways to Moses, His will to the children of Israel.

8The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, Long-suffering, and full of mercy.

— Psalms 102:9 —

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

11For as the heaven is high above the earth, The Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.

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