Holy Scripture
Psalms 21:12
A church father on this verse
“"Turned away" [is] an expression properly applied to the sinner, for "Cain went out from the face of the Lord," and the psalmist says, "You will make them turn their back." One who is righteous does not turn away from the Lord but runs to meet him and says, "My eyes are ever toward the Lord." And when the Lord said, "…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; For there is no helper.
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10For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; My hope from my mother’s breasts.
11I was cast on thee from the womb: Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
— Psalms 21:12 —
13Many bullocks have compassed me: Fat bulls have beset me round.
14They have opened their mouth against me, As a ravening and roaring lion.