“"For Thee a hymn is meet, O God, in Sion." That fatherland is Sion: Jerusalem is the very same as Sion; and of this name the interpretation ye ought to know. As Jerusalem is interpreted vision of peace, so Sion Beholding, that is, vision and contemplation. Some great inexplicable sight to us is promised: and this is G…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 65
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1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
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— Psalms 65:1 —
2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.