“The words which we have sung must be rather hearkened to by us, than proclaimed. For to all men as it were in an assemblage of mankind, the Truth cries, "If truly indeed justice ye speak, judge right things, you sons of men" [Psalm 58:1]. For to what unjust man is it not an easy thing to speak justice? Or what man if…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 58
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1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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— Psalms 58:1 —
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.