“"The ungodly," he says, "have laid a snare for me: but yet I swerved not from Your commandments" [Psalm 119:110]. Whence this, unless because his soul is in the hands of God, or in his own hands is offered to God to be quickened?”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 119
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110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
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108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
— Psalms 119:110 —
111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.