“"But You, O Lord, withhold not Your help far from Me" [Psalm 22:19]. But You, O Lord, raise Me up again, not as the rest of men, at the end of the world, but immediately. "Look to My defence." "Look," that they in no wise hurt Me.”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 22
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19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
— Psalms 22:19 —
20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.