Holy Scripture
Psalms 56:4
A church father on this verse
“"In God I will praise my discourses, in God I have hoped: I will not fear what flesh doeth to me" [Psalm 56:4]. Wherefore? Because in God I will praise my discourses. If in thyself thou praisest thy discourses: I say not that thou art not to fear; it is impossible that thou have not to fear. For thy discourses either…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4He sent from heaven and saved me; He gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;
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2Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: For my soul has trusted in thee: And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, Until the iniquity have passed away.
3I will cry to God most high; The God who has benefited me. Pause.
— Psalms 56:4 —
5And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, And their tongue a sharp sword.
6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; And thy glory above all the earth.