Holy Scripture

Psalms 101:2

A church father on this verse
“I will sing psalms and understand in the unspotted way. That a person should understand what he is singing, and that his mind should contemplate the psalm itself, so that his thoughts do not wander outside, and he seem indeed to sing psalms with his body, while his mind is without fruit. In the unspotted way: that as…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 27, on Psalm 100

Source: Septuagint

Original

2Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry come to thee.

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1A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord.

— Psalms 101:2 —

3Turn not away thy face from me: In the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: In the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.

4For my days have vanished like smoke, And my bones have been parched like a stick.

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