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He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il se tient en embuscade près des villages, Il assassine l'innocent dans des lieux écartés; Ses yeux épient le malheureux.

KJV

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    e essence; justice the act." Therefore justice does not belong to God. On the contrary, It is said ( Ps. 10:8 ): "The Lord is just, and hath loved justice." I answer that, There are two kinds of justice. The one consists in mutual giving and receiving, as in buying and selling, a…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ication. Objection 2: Further, that by which man pleases God pertains to justification, according to Ps. 10:8 : "The Lord is just and hath loved justice." But some pleased God by means of ceremonies, according to Lev. 10:19 : "How could I . . . please the Lord in the ceremonies,…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    of the wicked [Vulg.: 'living']" when He punishes them, but He rejoices in His justice, according to Ps. 10:8 : "The Lord is just and hath loved justice." Thirdly, so that this desire is referred to the removal of the sin, and not to the punishment itself, to the effect, namely,…

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