Holy Scripture
Psalms 56:5
A church father on this verse
“"All day long my words they abhorred" [Psalm 56:5]. Thus they are, you know. Speak truth, preach truth, proclaim Christ to the heathen, proclaim the Church to heretics, proclaim to all men salvation: they contradict, they abhor my words. But when my words they abhor, whom think ye they abhor, save Him in whom I shall…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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3I will cry to God most high; The God who has benefited me. Pause.
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;
— Psalms 56:5 —
6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; And thy glory above all the earth.
7They have prepared snares for my feet, And have bowed down my soul: They have dug a pit before my face, And fallen into it themselves. Pause.