“"I am poor, and in labors from my youth": from the time of the flesh assumed. "Being exalted": that is, upon the cross. "I have been humbled": that is, in the sepulchre.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 65, on Psalm 87 (Alternate Series)
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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
— Psalms 88:15 —
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.