Holy Scripture

Psalms 31:6

A church father on this verse
“You hated them and rebuffed those paying constant attention to doing wrong; far from doing evil in the heat of passion, they involve themselves in the practice of evil as though an obligation (the sense of "paid constant attention"). By "futile things" he refers to the wrongdoing. By "in vain" he means that they got n…”
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 31:7

Source: Septuagint

Original

6Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: Only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.

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4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

5I acknowledged my sin, And hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; And thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.

— Psalms 31:6 —

7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; My joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.

8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.

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