Holy Scripture

Psalms 73:21

A church father on this verse
“"Because my heart was delighted" (ver. 21). He is saying with what things he is tempted: "because my heart was delighted," he saith, "my reins also were changed." When those temporal things delighted me, my reins were changed. It may also be understood thus: "because my heart was delighted" in God, "my reins also were…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 73

Source: Septuagint

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21Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: The poor and needy shall praise thy name.

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19Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: Forget not forever the souls of thy poor.

20Look upon thy covenant: For the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.

— Psalms 73:21 —

22Arise, O God, plead thy cause: Remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

23Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: Let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.

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