Holy Scripture
Psalms 34:4
A church father on this verse
“The whole life of the just person is filled with affliction.… But God delivers his saints from their afflictions. Though he does not leave them without trial, yet he bestows on them patient endurance. For if "tribulation works out endurance, and endurance tries virtue," he who excludes tribulation from himself deprive…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.
3Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
— Psalms 34:4 —
5Let them be as dust before the wind, And an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, And an angel of the Lord persecuting them.