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Psalms 13

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How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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Psalms 13:5

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Augustine of Hippo

"But I have hoped in Your mercy" [Psalm 13:5]. Because this very thing, that a man be not moved, and that he abide fixed in the Lord, he should not attribute to self: lest when he glories that he has not been moved, he be moved by this very pride.

Exposition on Psalm 13 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Here the hearing of his prayer is signified, and concerning this he does three things. First he sets forth the hope of being heard. Second, the joy over being heard, at "and my heart shall rejoice." Third, he gives thanks, at "I will sing." He says therefore, "in your mercy I have hoped," not in the world. Lam. 3: "The mercies of the Lord are many, because we are not consumed." Not in my own power, because it is nothing against the Devil. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗