Psalm 79:11 (WEB)
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“We have found it said in another Psalm, “O let the sorrowful sighs of the fettered come before Thee;” and in a passage where the voice of the martyrs was meant.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxix. 11.
Read the whole comment“But may God, into whose cognizance the “groaning of them that are bound enters,” look upon our humility, and our labor, and forgive us all our sins.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxix. 11
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Jerome
“And she prayed to the Lord and said: Lord “preserve thou the children of those that are appointed to die,” that is, of those who for thy sake every day die bodily.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxix. 11, LXX.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 15.