Holy Scripture
Psalms 55:1
A church father on this verse
“"Hear Thou, O God, my entreaty, and despise not my prayer: give heed unto me, and hearken unto me" [Psalm 55:1]. Of one earnest, anxious, of one set in tribulation, are these words. He is praying, suffering many things, from evil yearning to be delivered: it remains that we hear in what evil he is, and when he begins…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Gath.
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— Psalms 55:1 —
2Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; All the day long he warring has afflicted me.
3Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; For there are many warring against me.