“Through impure thoughts our adversary like a lion overcomes our mind.”
Evagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — NOTES ON THE PSALMS 16[17].12
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12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
— Psalms 17:12 —
13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.