“On the first occasion we nearly perished of hunger and thirst while we were wandering about in the desert [without food] for five days and five nights. On the second occasion we traveled over savage, rugged mountains until our feet were pierced by the stones, and we suffered very great pain and very nearly had to yiel…”
Jerome, 5th c. — THE HISTORIES OF THE MONKS 20
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1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
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— Psalms 69:1 —
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.