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Psalms 119:166

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I have waited," he saith, "for Thy saving health, O Lord, and have loved Thy commandments" (ver. 166). For what would it have profited the righteous of old to have loved the commandments of God, save Christ, who is the saving health of God, had freed them; by the gift of whose Spirit also they were able to love the commandments of God? …

On the Psalms, Psalm 119 ↗