Holy Scripture
Psalms 34:14
A church father on this verse
“The person of peace ought to seek and follow peace; he who knows and loves the bond of charity ought to restrain his tongue from the evil of dissension. Among his divine commands and salutary instructions the Lord now very near his passion added the following: "Peace I leave you, my peace I give you." This inheritance…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14I behaved agreeably toward them as if it had been our neighbor or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
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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.
— Psalms 34:14 —
15Yet they rejoiced against me, And plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: They were scattered, but repented not.
16They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, They gnashed their teeth upon me.