On the Psalms.

 The book of Psalms contains new doctrine after the law of Moses. And after the writing of Moses, it is the second book of doctrine. Now, after the dea

 OnPsalm II . From the Exposition of the Second Psalm, by the Holy Bishop Hippolytus.

 OnPsalm XXII. Or XXIII . From the Commentary by the Holy Bishop and Martyr Hippolytus, on “The Lord is My Shepherd.”

 On Psalm XXIII. Or XXIV . From the Commentary by the Same, on Ps. xxiii.

 On Psalm CIX. Or CX . From the Commentary by the Same on the Great Song.

 On Psalm LXXVII. Or LXXVIII .

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On Psalm cxix. 30–32

He who loves truth, and never utters 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.