“Even if now [the way] is full of pain and without joy, later it will bear the fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained in it.”
Evagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — NOTES ON THE PSALMS 16[17].3, 4
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5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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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.
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
— Psalms 17:5 —
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.