Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 66:14

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 468, footnote 1 (Image)

Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms

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CCEL Footnote 4394 (In-Text, Margin)

... meaning in Scripture. There is a confession of him who praiseth, there is that of him who groaneth. The confession of praise pertaineth to the honour of Him who is praised: the confession of groaning to the repentance of him who confesseth. For men confess when they praise God: they confess when they accuse themselves; and the tongue hath no more worthy use. Truly, I believe these to be the very vows, of which he speaketh in another Psalm: “I will pay Thee my vows, which I distinguished with my lips.”[Psalms 66:13-14] Nothing is more elevated than that distinguishing, nothing is so necessary both to understand and to do. How then dost thou distinguish the vows which thou payest unto God? By praising Him, by accusing thyself; because it is His mercy, to forgive us ...