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" Even if a man is persecuted, God is his helper. Man is openly persecuted, but God helps immediately and secretly. This is something the ungodly do not see. Only he whom God helps sees it. For man is out in the open, but God is invisible. Therefore He helps invisibly, and especially then, when it is least expected, that is, especially when God has apparently abandoned him to the hands of men. The nearer man is present outwardly, inflicting harm, the nearer God is present inwardly, providing help, so that in this way He might triumph over the devil by His own strength and by the patience of His saints. "

Martin Luther , Lectures on the Psalms I: Chapters 1-75 (Luther's Works, #10)


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Martin Luther quote : Even if a man is persecuted, God is his helper. Man is openly persecuted, but God helps immediately and secretly. This is something the ungodly do not see. Only he whom God helps sees it. For man is out in the open, but God is invisible. Therefore He helps invisibly, and especially then, when it is least expected, that is, especially when God has apparently abandoned him to the hands of men. The nearer man is present outwardly, inflicting harm, the nearer God is present inwardly, providing help, so that in this way He might triumph over the devil by His own strength and by the patience of His saints.