Remove from me the way of unrighteousness and with Thy law have mercy on me. Psalm 118: 29 St. Theophan the Recluse in a wonderful commentary on Psalm 118 (119), commenting on verse 29, makes the following comment about sin: St. Theophan’s comment: The person who endures assaults from sin cannot but realize that he himself gave sin such power over himself; he reared the serpent in himself, and consequently suffers justly;…