“"Turn, O my soul, into your rest: for the Lord has been bountiful to you." The brave contestant applies to himself the consoling words, very much like Paul, when he says, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. For the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice." These t…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 22
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7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
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5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
— Psalms 116:7 —
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.