Holy Scripture

Psalms 108:8

A church father on this verse
“"Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine." Our Lord and Savior rejoices, possessing greater riches. "Gilead" is interpreted "migration": he rejoices, therefore, when the people migrated from among the Gentiles and came to him. "Manasseh" is interpreted "from forgetfulness." See, then, what he says. That son who received…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 34, on Psalm 107

Source: Septuagint

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8Let his days be few: And let another take his office of overseer.

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6Set thou a sinner against him; And let the devil stand at his right hand.

7When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: And let his prayer become sin.

— Psalms 108:8 —

9Let his children be orphans, And his wife a widow.

10Let his children wander without a dwelling place, and beg: Let them be cast out of their habitations.

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