“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.