“I was mindful of the days of old. I was mindful of my former days, how I used to have confidence: but now it is night for me.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 53, on Psalm 142
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5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
— Psalms 143:5 —
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.