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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 54:5

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 54:5 (WEB)

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

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  • “And if God bestow the gift of that truth which destroys all falsehood, agreeably to the words of the prayer, “Cut them off in thy truth,” we shall begin, in what follows, the consideration of the second appearance of the Jew, in which he is represented by Celsus as addressing those who have become converts to Jesus.” — editor's note: Ps. liv. 5.

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  • “And now, while we enter upon the seventh book, we call upon God through Jesus Christ, whom Celsus accuses, that He who is the truth of God would shed light into our hearts and scatter the darkness of error, in accordance with that saying of the prophet which we now offer as our prayer, “Destroy them by Thy truth.”” — editor's note: Ps. liv. 5.

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