Holy Scripture
Psalms 79:12
A church father on this verse
“Render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom. It seems to me that he does not ask against them, but for them: that is, give them your sabbath. Now "sabbath" is interpreted as rest. What he says is this: make them rest in their wickedness. Or else, otherwise: render it to them here, and do not render it to them i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12It sent forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.
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10Thou madest a way before it, And didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled with it.
11Its shadow covered the mountains, And its shoots equaled the goodly cedars.
— Psalms 79:12 —
13Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, While all that pass by the way pluck it?
14The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, And the wild beast has devoured it.