“"My lips shall burst forth praise: when You have taught me Your righteousnesses" [Psalm 119:171]. We know how God teaches those who are docile unto God. For every one who has heard from the Father and has learned, comes unto Him "who justifies the ungodly:" so that he may keep the righteousnesses of God not only by re…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 119
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171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
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169Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
— Psalms 119:171 —
172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.