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Psalms 38:12Ps.38.12

They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ceux qui en veulent à ma vie tendent leurs pièges; Ceux qui cherchent mon malheur disent des méchancetés, Et méditent tout le jour des tromperies.

KJV

They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Patristic reading

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  • Didymus the Blinde

    Fragmenta in Psalmos

    ν. ο τ' α ν γαρ η κολαζουσα χειρ ισχυρως μαστιζηι, εκλειπει ο κολαζομενος καθ' ο τοιουτος εστιν. 398 Ps 38,12ab Και εκ της παρουσης λεξεως μανθανομεν τας λεγομενας μαστιγας του θεου μη α λλας ου σας ελεγχων. μετα γαρ το ειπειν ̓Αποστησον απ' εμου τας μαστιγας σου επενηνεκται το ̓…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    licta anima, ut in Psalmis: «Et tabescere fecisti, sicut araneam, animam ejus [Note: [Col. 0865] 29 Psal. XXXVIII, 12.] ,» id est, ad instar araneae permisisti affligi animam * ejus vanitas vitae, ut in Psalmis: «Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur [Note: [Col. 0865] 30 Psa…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)

    iam; si felicitatem sequeris, corrumperis infelicitate. Vides ergo quia vane conturbatur omnis homo (Psal. XXXVIII, 12) . Haec sunt mercimonia, quae inveniuntur in regione dissimilitudinis. Prudens ergo negotiator, qui videt in divitiis laborem, in honoribus poenam, invidiam in g…

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