Holy Scripture
Psalms 143:4
A church father on this verse
“Let that foe of yours upbraid you, but do you not upbraid him. Regard his words as a training ground in which to exercise philosophy. If you have not been pierced, you are still unwounded, and, if your spirit suffers some injury, confine the hurt within yourself; for the psalmist says, "my heart within me is troubled,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Man is like to vanity: His days pass as a shadow.
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In context
2My mercy, and my refuge; My helper, and my deliverer; My protector, in whom I have trusted; Who subdues my people under me.
3Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? Or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?
— Psalms 143:4 —
5O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.