Holy Scripture

Psalms 108:9

A church father on this verse
“"Moab is the pot of my hope." A great mystery is recognized in few words. I beg you, pay careful attention: since it profits both me who speak, and you who hear. "Moab" is interpreted "from the father." "AB" means "father," "MO" means "from." Who is this one "from the father"? He who lost his father, who abandoned his…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 34, on Psalm 107

Source: Septuagint

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

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

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

— Psalms 108:9 —

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

11Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: And let strangers spoil his labors.

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