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Psalms 26:10

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"In whose hands is wickedness." Destroy me not then with the ungodly and the men of blood, whose works are wicked. "Their right hand is full of gifts" [Psalm 26:10]. And that which was given them to obtain eternal salvation, they have converted into the receiving this world's gifts, "supposing that godliness is a trade."

On the Psalms, Psalm 26 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"In whose hands are iniquities"; as if to say, I ask this, namely to be separated from them then, because now I am separated in manner of life and conduct, because "iniquities are in their hands," namely, they are very prone to evil: Prov. 1: "Their feet run to evil and hasten to shed blood": Is. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗