Holy Scripture

Psalms 86:4

A church father on this verse
“"Make glad the soul of Your servant: for unto You, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul" [Psalm 86:4]. Make it glad, for unto You have I lifted it up. For it was on earth, and from the earth it felt bitterness: lest it should wither away in bitterness, lest it should lose all the sweetness of Your grace, I lifted it up un…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 86

Source: Septuagint

Original

4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: Behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: These were born there.

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2The Lord loves the gates of Zion, More than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. Pause.

— Psalms 86:4 —

5A man shall say, Zion is my mother; And such a man was born in her; And the Highest himself has founded her.

6The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, And of these princes that were born in her. Pause.

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