For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke - my skin is become parched and shrivelled like an eastern wine bottle, made of skin dried in the smoke (Psalms 102:3-4; Psalms 32:4; Proverbs 17:22; Job 30:30). 'The Church's constancy and piety are greatest in persecution' (Cocceius).