O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays the proud doer.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
24. "Love the Lord, all ye His saints" (ver. 23). The Prophet again exhorts, having sight of these things, and saith, "Love the Lord, all ye His saints; for the Lord will require truth." Since "if the righteous shall scarcely be saved, where shall the sinner and the ungodly appear?" "And He will repay them that do exceeding proudly." And He will repay them who even when conquered are not converted, because they are very proud.
Saints. Hebrew, "merciful ones "Assideans, priests
Truth. Hebrew, "will preserve the true "(Calmet) or, "will observe the faithful. "(Berthier)
Abundantly. Septuagint, "that act with great pride "as St. Augustine reads, and as Hebrew and Vulgate may be rendered. (Haydock)
The prophet exhorts all to persevere unto the end. (Worthington)
