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The Homilies of Saint Jerome, Volume 1 (1–59 on the Psalms) is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume contains 59 homilies preached by St. Jerome on selected Psalms. Jerome’s knowledge of the “three Sacred Languages,” Latin, Greek and Hebrew, his acquaintance with the exegetical methods of Antioch and Alexandria, his use of Origen’s Hexapla and his work on the Psalter are impressive credentials for the quality of these works. As far as can be determined now these homilies were...

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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