Holy Scripture
Psalms 142:5
A church father on this verse
“"Unto you have I cried, O Lord: I have said, You are my hope" [Psalm 142:5]. When I endured, when I was in tribulation, "I said, You are my hope." My hope here, therefore I endure. But "my portion," not here, but "in the land of the living." God gives a portion in the land of the living; but not something from Himself…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5I remembered the days of old; And I meditated on all thy doings: Yea, I meditated on the works of thy hands.
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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.
— Psalms 142:5 —
6I spread forth my hands to thee; My soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.
7Hear me speedily, O Lord; My spirit has failed; Turn not away thy face from me, Else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.