Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Que l'ennemi me poursuive et m'atteigne, Qu'il foule à terre ma vie, Et qu'il couche ma gloire dans la poussière! -Pause.
KJV
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
hown above (QQ[67],70). Now sometimes a man, by swearing, implores the Divine judgment, according to Ps. 7:5, "If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies." Therefore to swear is not to call God to witness. On the contrary, Augu…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
discordant, ipsa jam littera indicat. Sed quid est quod David, qui retribuentibus mala non reddidit (Psal. VII, 5) , Gelboe tamen montibus maledixit? (II Reg. I, 21.) Quid moriente Saul montes Gelboe peccaverunt? Hac ergo et aliis sacrae Scripturae maledictionibus discimus, quid…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 146 (Migne)
t intelligi quod dicit: Si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala, decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis (Psal. VII, 5) . Docet nos nihilominus de obedientia Deo exhibenda, dicens: Subditus esto Domino et ora eum (Psal. XXXVI, 7) . Hinc etiam de se ipso refert, dicens: Nonne Deo subje…
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