Holy Scripture
Psalms 70:3
A church father on this verse
“"Let them be turned away forthwith blushing, that say to me, Well, well" [Psalm 70:3]. Two are the kinds of persecutors, revilers and flatterers. The tongue of the flatterer doth more persecute than the hand of the slayer: for this also the Scripture hath called a furnace. Truly when the Scripture was speaking of pers…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Be to me a protecting God, And a stronghold to save me: For thou art my fortress and my refuge.
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1By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.
2In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: Incline thine ear to me, and save me.
— Psalms 70:3 —
4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, From the hand of the transgressor and unjust man.
5For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord, thou art my hope from my youth.