Holy Scripture
Psalms 140:6
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“I said to the Lord: You are my God. Unless a man is holy, he cannot say this little verse; he who is not reigned over by sin, he it is who says, 'The Lord is my portion.'”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: They shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
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4Incline not my heart to evil things, To employ pretexts for sins, With men who work iniquity: And let me not unite with their choice ones.
5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
— Psalms 140:6 —
7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, Our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave.
8For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.