Monday, August 10, 2020

May my enemies get everything this world has to offer. But give me the beatific vision.

Arise, O Lord! confront them, overthrow them!
    Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,
from men by thy hand, O Lord,
    from men whose portion in life is of the world.
May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them;
    may their children have more than enough;
    may they leave something over to their babes.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
    when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.

     Ps 17:13-15 RSV.  מִֽמְתִים מֵחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּֽחַיִּים:  from men of [the] duration (of life)/aeon/world their portion in th[is] life.  מֵ is taken here as partitive (BDB 3 (p. 580, col. 2)).

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