7 He seeketh out whence his deliverance will come. The steadfastness of the righteous is from God, their deliverer; (PSS) 8 There lodgeth not in the house of the righteous sin upon sin. The righteous continually searcheth his house, (PSS) 9 To remove utterly all iniquity done by him in error. He maketh atonement for sins of ignorance by fasting and afflicting his soul, (PSS)
Psalms of Solomon 3:7–9
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