Holy Scripture

Psalms 63:1

A church father on this verse
“"God, my God, unto You from the light I watch" [Psalm 63:1]. What is to watch? It is, not to sleep. What is to sleep? There is a sleep of the soul; there is a sleep of the body. Sleep of body we all ought to have: because if sleep of body is not taken, a man faints, the body itself faints. For our frail body cannot lo…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 63

Source: Septuagint

Original

1For the end, a Psalm of David.

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— Psalms 63:1 —

2Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; Deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.

3Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; From the multitude of them that work iniquity;

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