“He next adds: "You are my helper and my taker up" [Psalm 119:114]: "my helper," to do good works: "my taker up," to escape evil ones. In the next words, "I have hoped more on Your word," he speaks as a son of promise.”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 119
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114Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
113I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
— Psalms 119:114 —
115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.