“"He who fashions toil in the commandment." No one is crowned while sleeping, no one at ease possesses the kingdom of heaven, no one with a stuffed belly can worthily discourse about fasting. You see, then, what he says: "He who fashions toil in the commandment." All the commandments of the Lord have toil: without toil…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 22, on Psalm 93
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21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
— Psalms 94:21 —
22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.