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Psalms 119:7

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I will confess unto Thee," he saith, "O Lord, in the directing of my heart; in that I shall have learned the judgments of Thy righteousness" [Psalm 119:7]. This is not the confession of sins, but of praise; as He also saith in whom there was no sin, "I will confess unto Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth;" [Matthew 11:25] and as it is written in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, "Thus shalt thou say in confession, of all the works of God, that they are very good." [Sirach 39:15-16] "I will confess unto Thee," he saith, "in the …

ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 119 ↗