“We speak fully and clearly when we use words taken from divine Scripture.… The righteous person alone cleanses his tongue, lips and the voice itself from using more common words, as one acquainted with that verse: "You will give an account of every careless word on the day of judgment." The ears of God do not hear wor…”
Eusebius of Caesarea, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 17:1
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1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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— Psalms 17:1 —
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.