“"Mine enemies have trodden me down all day long" [Psalm 56:2]. They that have been put afar off from holy men, these are mine enemies. All day long: already it hath been said, "From the height of the day." What meaneth, "from the height of the day"? Perchance it is a high thing to understand. And no wonder, because th…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — On the Psalms, Psalm 56
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2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
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1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
— Psalms 56:2 —
3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.