“I think this speaks about the cross on which the devil falls unknowingly. For if he had known never would he have affixed the Lord of glory to the cross.”
Evagrius Ponticus, 4th c. — NOTES ON THE PSALMS 34[35].8
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8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
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6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
— Psalms 35:8 —
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?