Holy Scripture

Psalms 74:7

A church father on this verse
“Now let us hasten over the verses following after the destruction of Jerusalem, for the reason that they are both evident, and it does not please me to tarry over the punishment even of enemies. "As if in a forest of trees with axes, they have cut down the doors thereof at once; with mattock and hammer they have throw…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 74

Source: Septuagint

Original

7For good comes neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert mountains.

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5I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; And to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

6Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not unrighteousness against God.

— Psalms 74:7 —

8For God is the judge; He puts down one, and raises up another.

9For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, Full of unmingled wine; And he has turned it from side to side, But its dregs have not been wholly poured out; All the sinners of the earth shall drink them.

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