“"The discourses of unjust men have prevailed over us, and our iniquities Thou shalt propitiate" [Psalm 65:3]. ...Every man, in whatsoever place he is born, of that same land or region or city learneth the language, is habituated to the manners and life of that place. What should a boy do, born among Heathens, to avoid…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 65
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3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
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1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
— Psalms 65:3 —
4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: