Holy Scripture
Psalms 101:4
A church father on this verse
“A depraved heart did not cling to me. There was in me nothing difficult or anything perverse, but fairness and justice. As the malignant one turned aside from me, I did not know him: that is, if he was a friend to me or a neighbor, whether a bishop or a presbyter, or one established in any rank whatever: nevertheless,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4For my days have vanished like smoke, And my bones have been parched like a stick.
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2Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry come to thee.
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.
— Psalms 101:4 —
5I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
6By reason of the voice of my groaning, My bone has cloven to my flesh.