That day
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
The verse
“For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.”Psalm 30:5 · WEB
From the tradition
“Give what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.”
Augustine of Hippo · Confessions, Book X, chapter 29
In the words of a public-domain translation (tr. J. G. Pilkington, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, vol. 1, ed. Philip Schaff (1886)), checked against the source edition.