Holy Scripture
Psalms 40:5
A church father on this verse
“We will give him other sights in exchange for such sights as these. And what sights shall we present to the Christian, whom we would fain divert from those sights? I thank the Lord our God; He in the following verse of the Psalm hath shown us what sights we ought to present and offer to spectators who would fain have…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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In context
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.
4May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
— Psalms 40:5 —
6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
7And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; He gathered iniquity to himself; He went forth and spoke in like manner.