Holy Scripture

Psalms 104:18

A church father on this verse
“The high mountains for the stags. This animal kills serpents and eats them. Therefore it fittingly dwells in the mountains, this one that slays the intelligible serpent — the one who was wiser in paradise than all the beasts, who deceived Eve. The rock is a refuge for the hedgehogs. He who is timid has the rock as his…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 30, on Psalm 103

Source: Septuagint

Original

18They hurt his feet with fetters; His soul passed into iron,

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In context

16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole support of bread.

17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

— Psalms 104:18 —

19Until the time that his cause came on; The word of the Lord tried him as fire.

20The king sent and loosed him; Even the prince of the people, and let him go free.

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