“From the start God examines all the words that you speak, whether they are shameful, blasphemous or lying words; whether malicious, harmful or deceitful; or whether they are words of degradation, which through their deceit are able to overwhelm the one whom the lie injures. "You have loved words of destruction, a dece…”
Asterius of Cappadocia, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 9:2
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1Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
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— Psalms 5:1 —
2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.