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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 71:3

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 71:3 (WEB)

Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

  • “And this coincides with what we said before; for as we then introduced the words, ‘Become my God and defence,’ and ‘the Lord became a refuge for the oppressed,’ and it stood to reason that these expressions do not shew that God is originate, but that His beneficence ‘becomes’ towards each individual, the same sense…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxi. 3. stony rock, E. V. Ps. ix. 9. dejence.

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Basil the Great

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