Holy Scripture

Psalms 7:6

A church father on this verse
“That same adversary, Absalom, as if he has been born again from ourselves, prepares the war against us. Our sound judgment concerning the matter, or rather our alliance with God, turns him who is bloodthirsty against us back. For because he attributes the cause of the good things that have been accomplished for him th…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PSALMS 2:11.148-49

Source: Septuagint

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6Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; And let him trample my life on the ground, And lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

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4O Lord my God, if I have done this (If there is unrighteousness in my hands);

5If I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; May I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

— Psalms 7:6 —

7Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; Be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: Awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

8And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: And for this cause do thou return on high.

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