“He who says that affliction is not proper to the just says nothing else than that an adversary is not proper for the athlete. But what occasions for crowns will the athlete have who does not struggle?”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 16:12 (PS 34)
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19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
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17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
— Psalms 34:19 —
20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.