Holy Scripture
Psalms 59:3
A church father on this verse
“"For behold they have hunted my soul. ...There have rushed upon me strong men" (ver. 3). We must not however pass on from these strong men: diligently we must trace who are the strong men rising up. Strong men, upon whom but upon weak men, upon powerless men, upon men not strong? And praised nevertheless are the weak…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
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In context
1For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
2when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, and Joab had returned and smitten in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
— Psalms 59:3 —
4Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; Heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
5Thou hast shown thy people hard things: Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.