One of the psalms St Athanasius said to pray when people keep trying to frighten you, in a letter from the 300s.
St Athanasius, Letter to Marcellinus
In the 300s, St Athanasius of Alexandria wrote a letter to his friend Marcellinus about praying the Psalms. In it he matched psalms to what people go through. This is what he gave this one for.
They keep trying to frighten you, lying in wait and digging up whatever they can against you.
When your enemies keep trying to frighten you, lying in wait and searching out everything against you, however many they are, don't give in. In the Greek Psalter Athanasius sang, their blows are no more than children's arrows. Sing Psalms 64, 65, 70 and 71.
Letter to Marcellinus
For this, the quiz gives Psalm 64, and this psalm beside it.
5 verses, Berean Standard Bible
Its own heading For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance.
Psalm 70 is 69 in the Greek numbering Athanasius used, which Orthodox Bibles and some older Catholic ones still follow.
When people turn against you
All 53 situations, in one guide.
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Bible text: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Athanasius’s advice is paraphrased from his Greek.
