Holy Scripture

Psalms 143:7

A church father on this verse
“Hear me speedily, O Lord, my spirit has failed. My soul has failed, my flesh has failed: my spirit alone remained in me, and it too has failed: but hear me speedily, and have mercy on me.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 53, on Psalm 142

Source: Septuagint

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7Send forth thy hand from on high; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of strange children;

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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.

— Psalms 143:7 —

8Whose mouth has spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.

9O God, I will sing a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings.

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