Holy Scripture
Psalms 17:7
A church father on this verse
“It becomes Christians to pray for peace and quiet but not to abandon steadfast faith and truth even at the peril of death. For the Lord is our Leader, "who will save them that put their hope in him."”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God: He heard my voice out of his holy temple, And my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.
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In context
5The pangs of death compassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
6The pangs of hell came round about me: The snares of death prevented me.
— Psalms 17:7 —
8Then the earth shook and quaked, And the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, And were shaken, because God was angry with them.
9There went up a smoke in his wrath, And fire burst into a flame at his presence: Coals were kindled at it.