“We observe … that when Scripture speaks of "the Lord's hand," it refers to temptation that a person undergoes from the attacks of Satan.… When the devil wounds him, the arrows are the Lord's, and it is the Lord who has given Satan the power of hurting him.… There is, too, that … reason why the Lord gives power to the…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms
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2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
— Psalms 38:2 —
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.