“This … is pleasure properly speaking; at least as far as all other things are concerned, they are pleasure in name only, bereft of substance. This lifts human beings above this world, this liberates the soul from the body, this gives it wings in heaven's direction, this elevates it above worldly things, this gives fre…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 9:2
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2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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1I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
— Psalms 9:2 —
3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.