Holy Scripture
Psalms 142:2
A church father on this verse
“I pour out my prayer in his sight. He said it more expressively: I pour out my whole heart in the sight of the Lord — just as someone might confess his wound to a doctor, and tell him all the sufferings he has, so that the doctor may thus apply the cure to him. I declare my tribulation before him. This is the tribulat…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant, For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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1A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: Hearken to my supplication in thy truth; Hear me in thy righteousness.
— Psalms 142:2 —
3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has brought my life down to the ground; He has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; My heart was troubled within me.