“often have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
from youth people have constantly attacked me— but they haven’t beaten me!
O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you.
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”