“"He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth He His anger for ever" [Psalm 103:9]. Since it is in consequence of His anger that we live in the scourges and corruption of mortality: we have this in punishment for the first sin. ...Is it not through His anger, my brethren, that "in the sweat of thy face and in toil th…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 103
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9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
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7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
— Psalms 103:9 —
10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.