Holy Scripture

Psalms 104:20

A church father on this verse
“Then, even if anger boils up, it is easily cooled. If passion flares forth, the flames are readily quenched. If envy consumes us, it is not difficult to drive it away. The same thing happens that the prophet says happens when the sun rises. What did he say? "You made the darkness, and it was night. In it all the wild…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS 7:59

Source: Septuagint

Original

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

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

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

— Psalms 104:20 —

21He made him Lord over his house, And ruler of all his substance;

22To chastise his rulers at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.

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