God Implored to Confound His Enemies.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

1O God, do not remain quiet;
         Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

2For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
         And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

3They make shrewd plans against Your people,
         And conspire together against Your treasured ones.

4They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
         That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

5For they have conspired together with one mind;
         Against You they make a covenant:

6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
         Moab and the Hagrites;

7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
         Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8Assyria also has joined with them;
         They have become a help to the children of Lot.

9Deal with them as with Midian,
         As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,

10Who were destroyed at En-dor,
         Who became as dung for the ground.

11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
         And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
         The pastures of God.”

13O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
         Like chaff before the wind.

14Like fire that burns the forest
         And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

15So pursue them with Your tempest
         And terrify them with Your storm.

16Fill their faces with dishonor,
         That they may seek Your name, O LORD.

17Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,
         And let them be humiliated and perish,

18That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD,
         Are the Most High over all the earth.

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American Standard Version
O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.

Darby Bible Translation
{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O �God:

English Revised Version
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Webster's Bible Translation
A song, or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

World English Bible
God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.

Young's Literal Translation
A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.Period ii. The Church from the Permanent Division of the Empire Until the Collapse of the Western Empire and the First Schism Between the East and the West, or Until About A. D. 500
In the second period of the history of the Church under the Christian Empire, the Church, although existing in two divisions of the Empire and experiencing very different political fortunes, may still be regarded as forming a whole. The theological controversies distracting the Church, although different in the two halves of the Graeco-Roman world, were felt to some extent in both divisions of the Empire and not merely in the one in which they were principally fought out; and in the condemnation …
Joseph Cullen Ayer Jr., Ph.D.—A Source Book for Ancient Church History

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To Anastasius, Presbyter [1714] . Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. xii. 35; Luke vi. 45), this thy Charity has shewn, both in thy habitual life and lately also in thy epistle; wherein I find two persons at issue with regard to virtues; that is to say, thyself contending for charity, and another for fear and humility. And, though occupied with many things, though ignorant of the Greek language, I have nevertheless sat …
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[Sidenote: 1129] 19. (12). Meanwhile[365] it happened that Archbishop Cellach[366] fell sick: he it was who ordained Malachy deacon, presbyter and bishop: and knowing that he was dying he made a sort of testament[367] to the effect that Malachy ought to succeed him,[368] because none seemed worthier to be bishop of the first see. This he gave in charge to those who were present, this he commanded to the absent, this to the two kings of Munster[369] and to the magnates of the land he specially enjoined …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh

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To Leander, Bishop of Hispalis (Seville). Gregory to Leander, Bishop of Spain. I have the epistle of thy Holiness, written with the pen of charity alone. For what the tongue transferred to the paper had got its tincture from the heart. Good and wise men were present when it was read, and at once their bowels were stirred with emotion. Everyone began to seize thee in his heart with the hand of love, for that in that epistle the sweetness of thy disposition was not to be heard, but seen. All severally …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

The Third Commandment
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.' Exod 20: 7. This commandment has two parts: 1. A negative expressed, that we must not take God's name in vain; that is, cast any reflections and dishonour on his name. 2. An affirmative implied. That we should take care to reverence and honour his name. Of this latter I shall speak more fully, under the first petition in the Lord's Prayer, Hallowed be thy name.' I shall …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Question Lxxxiii of Prayer
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Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
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