Holy Scripture
Psalms 6:5
A church father on this verse
“It is better to be punished and cleansed now than to be transmitted to the torment to come, when it is the time of chastisement, not of cleansing. For as he who remembers God here is conqueror of death (as David has most excellently sung), so the departed have not in the grave confession and restoration; for God has c…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Save me for thy mercy’s sake.
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3Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: Heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.
4My soul also is grievously vexed: But thou, O Lord, how long?
— Psalms 6:5 —
6For in death no man remembers thee: And who will give thee thanks in Hades?
7I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with my tears.