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Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, Volume III is unavailable, but you can change that!

Written between AD 540 and 559, Cassiodorus uses the Psalms for the purposes of instruction in theology, hermeneutics, and eloquence.

I have finished my course: I have kept the faith,12 and the rest. The sin which he committed was involuntary when he cried out: For the good which I will I do not, but the evil which I will not, that I do.13 There follows his explanation which removes all shadow of doubt: Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but the sin that dwelleth in me.14 You observe that the accusation is levelled only against those who with wicked delight lend assent to the workings of sins. So they
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