Holy Scripture
Psalms 31:8
A church father on this verse
“The reasons of temptation, when they are realized, provide a broad plane for the soul.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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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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.
7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; My joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
— Psalms 31:8 —
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.
10Many are the scourges of the sinner: But him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.