Holy Scripture
Psalms 27:4
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“"One have I asked of the Lord, this will I require." For one petition have I asked the Lord, this will I require. "That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life" [Psalm 27:4]. That as long as I am in this life, no adversities may exclude me from the number of them who hold the unity and the truth o…”
Source: Septuagint
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4Give them according to their works, And according to the wickedness of their devices: Give them according to the works of their hands; Render their recompense unto them.
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2Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.
3Draw not away my soul with sinners, And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, But evils are in their hearts.
— Psalms 27:4 —
5Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, Even to the works of his hands, Thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
6Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.