Holy Scripture
Psalms 71:3
A church father on this verse
“For this John, my dearest brothers, was one of those mountains about which it has been written, "Let the mountains receive peace for your people; and the hills justice." The mountains are eminent souls; the hills are little souls. But the mountains receive peace for this very reason, so that the hills can receive just…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
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1For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, And thy righteousness to the king’s son;
2That he may judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with judgment.
— Psalms 71:3 —
4He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, And save the children of the needy; And shall bring low the false accuser.
5And he shall continue as long as the sun, And before the moon forever.