Holy Scripture

Psalms 34:11

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“"Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord" (ver. 11). Ye think, brethren, that I say this: think that David saith it; think that an Apostle saith it; nay think that our Lord Jesus Christ Himself saith it; "Come, ye children, hearken unto Me." Let us hearken unto Him together: hearken y…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 34

Source: Septuagint

Original

11Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.

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9But my soul shall exult in the Lord: It shall delight in his salvation.

10All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.

— Psalms 34:11 —

12They rewarded me evil for good, And bereavement to my soul.

13But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, And humbled my soul with fasting: And my prayer shall return to my own bosom.

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