Francis Patrick Kenrick

H. P. " He weakened my strength in the way ; he shortened my days." St. Jerome. The psalmist states the check which he received from God, whose chastisement intimated the approach of death. The Septuagint read it somewhat differently, although with nearly the same letters. According to this reading the psalmist may be regarded as addressing God, after the manner of human strength, which is but weakness, and inquiring into the shortness of life. i» H. P. " I said : 0 my God take me not away in the midst of my days." St. Jerome. Cut not short my life.