Holy Scripture
Psalms 31:7
A church father on this verse
“"I will be glad, and rejoice in Your mercy:" which does not deceive me. "For You have regarded My humiliation:" wherein You have subjected me to vanity in hope. [Romans 8:20] "You have saved my soul from necessities" [Psalm 31:7]. You have saved my soul from the necessities of fear, that with a free love it may serve…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; My joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
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In context
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.
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.
— Psalms 31:7 —
8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
9Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding: But thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, Lest they should come nigh to thee.