Holy Scripture
Psalms 39:9
A church father on this verse
“For my part, I realized that this happens to me with your permission, and I waited longer in the knowledge that I would receive help from the same quarter from which comes also the allowance of my suffering.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9I desired to do thy will, O my God, And thy law in the midst of my heart.
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7Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; But a body hast thou prepared me: Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
8Then I said, Behold, I come: In the volume of the book it is written concerning me,
— Psalms 39:9 —
10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; Lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.
11I have not hidden thy truth within my heart, And I have declared thy salvation; I have not hidden thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.