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Augustine of Hippo

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500 · 7,530 passages across 62 books

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Psalms 25:11

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

"For Your Name's sake, O Lord, You will be favourable to my sin; for it is manifold" [Psalm 25:11]. You have not only forgiven my sins, which I committed before I believed; but also to my sin, which is manifold, since even in the way there is no lack of stumbling, You will be made favourable by the sacrifice of a troubled spirit.
Psalms 25:12

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

"Who is the man that fears the Lord?" from which fear he begins to come to wisdom. "He shall establish a law for him in the way, which he has chosen" [Psalm 25:12]. He shall establish a law for him in the way, which in his freedom he has taken, that he may not sin now with impunity.
Psalms 25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

"His soul shall dwell in good, and his seed shall, by inheritance, possess the earth" [Psalm 25:13]. And his work shall possess the stable inheritance of a renewed body.
Psalms 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

"The Lord is the stay of them that fear Him" [Psalm 25:14]. Fear seems to belong to the weak, but the Lord is the stay of them that fear Him. And the Name of the Lord, which has been glorified throughout the whole world, is a stay to them that fear Him. "And His testament, that it may be manifested unto them." And He makes His testament to be manifested unto them, for the Gentiles and the bounds of the earth are Christ's inheritance.
Psalms 25:15

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

"My eyes are ever unto the Lord; for He shall pluck my feet out of the snare" [Psalm 25:15]. Nor would I fear the dangers of earth, while I look not upon the earth: for He upon whom I look, will pluck my feet out of the snare.
Psalms 25:16

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

"Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am single and poor" [Psalm 25:16]. For I am a single people, keeping the lowliness of Your single Church, which no schisms or heresies possess.
Psalms 25:17

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

"The tribulations of my heart have been multiplied" [Psalm 25:17]. The tribulations of my heart have been multiplied by the abounding of iniquity and the waxing cold of love. [Matthew 24:12] "O bring Thou me out of my necessities." Since I must needs bear this, that by enduring unto the end I may be saved, bring Thou me out of my necessities.
Psalms 25:18

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

"See my humility and my travail" [Psalm 25:18]. See my humility, whereby I never, in the boast of righteousness, break off from unity; and my travail, wherein I bear with the unruly ones that are mingled with me. "And forgive all my sins." And, propitiated by these sacrifices, forgive all my sins, not those only of youth and my ignorance before I believed, but those also which, living now by faith, I commit through infirmity, or the darkness of this life.
Psalms 25:19

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

"Consider mine enemies, how they are multiplied" [Psalm 25:19]. For not only without, but even within, in the Church's very communion, they are not wanting. "And with an unrighteous hate they hate me." And they hate me who love them.
Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

"Keep my soul, and deliver me." Keep my soul, that I turn not aside to imitate them; and draw me out from the confusion wherein they are mingled with me. "Let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in You" [Psalm 25:20]. Let me not be confounded, if haply they rise up against me: for not in myself, but in You have I put my trust.
Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

"The innocent and the upright have cleaved to me, for I have waited for You, O Lord" [Psalm 25:21]. The innocent and the upright, not in bodily presence only, as the evil, are mingled with me, but in the agreement of the heart in the same innocence and uprightness cleave to me: for I have not fallen away to imitate the evil; but I have waited for You, expecting the winnowing of Your last harvest.
Psalms 25:22

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

"Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles" [Psalm 25:22]. "Redeem Your people, O God," whom You have prepared to see You, out of his troubles, not those only which he bears without, but those also which he bears within.
Psalms 26:1

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

"Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence" [Psalm 26:1]. Judge me, O Lord, for, after the mercy which You first showed me, I have some desert of my innocence, the way whereof I have kept. "And trusting in the Lord I shall not be moved." And yet not even so trusting in myself, but in the Lord, I shall abide in Him.
Psalms 26:2

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

"Prove me, O Lord, and try me" [Psalm 26:2]. Lest, however, any of my secret sins should be hid from me, prove me, O Lord, and try me, making me known, not to You from whom nothing is hid, but to myself, and to men. "Burn my reins and my heart." Apply a remedial purgation, as it were fire, to my pleasures and thoughts.
Psalms 26:3

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

"For Your mercy is before my eyes" [Psalm 26:3]. For, that I be not consumed by that fire, not my merits, but Your mercy, whereby You have brought me on to such a life, is before my eyes. "And I have been pleasing in Your truth." And since my own falsehood has been displeasing to me, but Your truth pleasing, I have myself been pleasing also with it and in it.
Psalms 26:4

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

"I have not sat with the council of vanity" [Psalm 26:4]. I have not chosen to give my heart to them who endeavour to provide, what is impossible, how they may be blessed in the enjoyment of things transitory. "And I will not enter in with them that work wickedly." And since this is the very cause of all wickedness, therefore I will not have my conscience hid, with them that work wickedly.
Psalms 26:5

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

"I have hated the congregation of evil doers." But to arrive at this council of vanity, congregations of evil doers are formed, which I have hated. "And I will not sit with the ungodly" [Psalm 26:5]. And, therefore, with such a council, with the ungodly, I will not sit, that is, I will not place my consent. "And I will not sit with the ungodly."
Psalms 26:6

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

"I will wash mine hands amid the innocent" [Psalm 26:6]. I will make clean my works among the innocent: among the innocent will I wash mine hands, with which I shall embrace Your glorious gifts. "And I will compass Your altar, O Lord."
Psalms 26:7

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

"That I may hear the voice of Your praise." That I may learn how to praise You. "And that I may declare all Your wondrous works" [Psalm 26:7]. And after I have learned, I may set forth all Your wondrous works.
Psalms 26:8

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

"O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house:" of Your Church. "And the place of the habitation of Your glory" [Psalm 26:8]: where You dwell, and art glorified.

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