lie down, but stand—and You fix my steps firmly upon a rock,13 then, by degrees, I shall deserve to see You. ‘For you, O God, delight not in wickedness.’ You will not hear me in the broad daylight, but early in the morning, because, my God, You do not will iniquity. The very moment that I begin to withdraw from iniquity, that very moment do I merit Your attention to my prayers. ‘No evil man remains with you.’ Whenever an evil man leaves us, we ought to rejoice. It shall be with us as with the Lord,
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