Holy Scripture
Psalms 40:1
A church father on this verse
“Let us say then what this Psalm says. "I waited patiently for the Lord" [Psalm 40:1]. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both deceive and be himself deceived: I waited for the consolation of no mere mortal, who may be consumed by sorrow of his own, before he gives me comfort. Should a brother…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1For the end, a Psalm of David.
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In context
— Psalms 40:1 —
2Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
3May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, And not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.