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Doubtful Fragments on the Psalms

Hippolytus

On Psalm cxix. 30–32

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Author: Hippolytus

X.

On Psalm cxix. 30–32

He who loves truth, and never utters

‹ On the Words in Psalm xcvi. 11: “Let the Sea Roar (Be Moved), and the Fulness Thereof.”On the Words in Psalm cxxvii. 7: “On the Wrath of Mine Enemies.” Etc. ›

a

false

word

with

his

mouth

,

may

say

,

“

I

have

chosen

the

way

of

truth

.

”

Moreover

,

he

who

always

sets

the

judgments

of

God

before

his

eyes

,

and

remembers

them

in

every

action

,

will

say

,

“

Thy

judgments

have

I

not

forgotten

.

”

And

how

is

our

heart

enlarged

by

trials

and

afflictions

!

For

these

pluck

out

the

thorns

of

anxious

thoughts

within

us

,

and

enlarge

the

heart

for

the

reception

of

the

divine

laws

.

For

,

says

he

,

“

in

affliction

Thou

hast

enlarged

me

.

”

Then

do

we

walk

in

the

way

of

God’s

commandments

,

well

prepared

for

it

by

the

endurance

of

trials

.