Holy Scripture
Psalms 9:20
A church father on this verse
“He urges God by his tolerance and the strength of his mercy and patience that he grant a time of trials of long duration to the people harassing him. Before he had prayed that the nations be judged in the sight of God; now he asks that a lawgiver be appointed for the nations before the future judgment, so that they mi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: Let the heathen be judged before thee.
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18Let sinners be driven away into Hades, Even all the nations that forget God.
19For the poor shall not be forgotten forever: The patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.
— Psalms 9:20 —
21Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: Let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.
22Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?