Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in you.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
22. "Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee" (ver. 22): let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us; for hope confoundeth not, because we have hoped in Thee.
Thee. All-perfect Being, show thy protection to all who trust in thee. (Worthington)
He who wishes to receive much, ought to increase his hopes. (Calmet)
"Who is so full of hope as boldly to say, by my hope measure thy mercy? "(Theodoret)