{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_08_001: O my God, let me, w", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_0a05e3e07adf", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_005: Oh!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, and inebriate it, that I may forget my ills, and embrace Thee, my sole good! What art Thou to me? In Thy pity, teach me to "}, {"id": "card_n_3f19baf7aecd", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_024: Hear, Lord, my prayer; let not my soul faint under Thy discipline, nor let me...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Hear, Lord, my prayer; let not my soul faint under Thy discipline, nor let me faint in confessing unto Thee all Thy mercies, whereby Thou hast drawn me out of all my most evil ways, that Thou mightest"}, {"id": "card_n_a84edfe2920a", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_003: O Lord my God, give ear unto my prayer, and let Thy mercy hearken unto my des...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord my God, give ear unto my prayer, and let Thy mercy hearken unto my desire: because it is anxious not for myself alone, but would serve brotherly charity; and Thou seest my heart, that so it is."}, {"id": "card_n_87f56f3b9fe0", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_022: But now, my God, cry Thou aloud in my soul; and let Thy truth tell me, \"Not s...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But now, my God, cry Thou aloud in my soul; and let Thy truth tell me, \"Not so, not so. Far better was that first study.\" For, lo, I would readily forget the wanderings of Aeneas and all the rest, rat"}, {"id": "card_n_a31688f13822", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_062: Behold, in Thee, O Truth, I see that I ought not to be moved at my own praise...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Behold, in Thee, O Truth, I see that I ought not to be moved at my own praises, for my own sake, but for the good of my neighbour. And whether it be so with me, I know not. For herein I know less of m"}, {"id": "card_n_8d4362c182ce", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_005: But for what fruit would they hear this?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But for what fruit would they hear this? Do they desire to joy with me, when they hear how near, by Thy gift, I approach unto Thee? and to pray for me, when they shall hear how much I am held back by "}, {"id": "card_n_c92219bd1b79", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_018: I beseech Thee, my God, I would fain know, if so Thou willest, for what purpo...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I beseech Thee, my God, I would fain know, if so Thou willest, for what purpose my baptism was then deferred? was it for my good that the rein was laid loose, as it were, upon me, for me to sin? or wa"}, {"id": "card_n_84f495238d6b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_08_001: O my God, let me, with thanksgiving, remember, and confess unto Thee Thy merc...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O my God, let me, with thanksgiving, remember, and confess unto Thee Thy mercies on me. Let my bones be bedewed with Thy love, and let them say unto Thee, Who is like unto Thee, O Lord? Thou hast brok"}, {"id": "card_n_4c8abd61944b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_051: There remains the pleasure of these eyes of my flesh, on which to make my con...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "There remains the pleasure of these eyes of my flesh, on which to make my confessions in the hearing of the ears of Thy temple, those brotherly and devout ears; and so to conclude the temptations of t"}, {"id": "card_n_44fcbdff115e", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_12_022: With these I now parley a little in Thy presence, O my God, who grant all the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "With these I now parley a little in Thy presence, O my God, who grant all these things to be true, which Thy Truth whispers unto my soul. For those who deny these things, let them bark and deafen them"}, {"id": "card_n_490911b7aa1b", "title": "Psalm 71 — Psalm 71", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me. Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give"}, {"id": "card_n_97c7809f3d80", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_028: My soul is on fire to know this most intricate enigma.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "My soul is on fire to know this most intricate enigma. Shut it not up, O Lord my God, good Father; through Christ I beseech Thee, do not shut up these usual, yet hidden things, from my desire, that it"}, {"id": "card_n_c42c7b0d6437", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_04_031: But what did this further me, imagining that Thou, O Lord God, the Truth, wer...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But what did this further me, imagining that Thou, O Lord God, the Truth, wert a vast and bright body, and I a fragment of that body? Perverseness too great! But such was I. Nor do I blush, O my God, "}, {"id": "card_n_c402c51af593", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_08_026: The very toys of toys, and vanities of vanities, my ancient mistresses, still...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The very toys of toys, and vanities of vanities, my ancient mistresses, still held me; they plucked my fleshy garment, and whispered softly, \"Dost thou cast us off? and from that moment shall we no mo"}, {"id": "card_n_8859147da93b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_13_001: I call upon Thee, O my God, my mercy, Who createdst me, and forgottest not me...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I call upon Thee, O my God, my mercy, Who createdst me, and forgottest not me, forgetting Thee. I call Thee into my soul which, by the longing Thyself inspirest into her, Thou preparest for Thee. Fors"}, {"id": "card_n_7e927528cb6b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_002: And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come"}, {"id": "card_n_ec40985ceb34", "title": "Psalm 31 — Psalm 31", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a st"}, {"id": "card_n_c23e6d12a148", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_13_017: Let us look, O Lord, upon the heavens, the work of Thy fingers; clear from ou...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Let us look, O Lord, upon the heavens, the work of Thy fingers; clear from our eyes that cloud, which Thou hast spread under them. There is Thy testimony, which giveth wisdom unto the little ones: per"}, {"id": "card_n_9d11f44229d4", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_001: O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of praise. Let my heart and my tongue praise Thee; yea,"}, {"id": "card_n_63103cdff8d5", "title": "Psalm 22 — My God, My God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<For the Chief Musician; set to \"The Doe of the Morning.\" A Psalm by David.>> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, "}]}