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my salvation” (cf. Psa 51:16), show where the repentance of Cain and that of David differ. True repentance has faith within itself, it despairs of itself, but not of God.

Psalm 39

Prayers of One Sorely Tried at the Sight of the Prosperity of the Ungodly


In Psa 38:14 the poet calls himself a dumb person, who opens not his mouth; this submissive, resigned keeping of