Exegesis on the Soul 7

1Israel certainly would not have been visited in the beginning, to be rescued from the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, if it had not groaned to God and moaned over the tyranny of its slavery.

2Again in the Psalms it is written:

3I was greatly wearied by my groaning.

4I will flood my bed and my couch every night with my tears.

5I have grown old in the midst of all my enemies.

6Depart from me, all you workers of evil,

7for behold, the Lord has heard the cry of my weeping,

8and the Lord has accepted my prayer. (Psalm 6:6-9)

9If we repent, God will surely listen to us, he who is patient and richly merciful, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!

10The Exegesis on the Soul