Holy Scripture
Psalms 58:9
A church father on this verse
“"Before that the bramble brings forth your thorns: as though living, as though in anger, it shall drink them up" [Psalm 58:9]. What is the bramble? Of prickly plants it is a kind, upon which there are said to be certain of the closest thorns. At first it is a herb; and while it is a herb, soft and fair it is: but ther…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; Thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
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7They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
8Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, And a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard?
— Psalms 58:9 —
10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; For thou, O God, art my helper.
11As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: My God will show me vengeance on mine enemies.