“From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.
He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you:
They pushed hard to make me fall, but the Lord helped me.
Those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken. It remains firm forever.
The righteous person has many troubles, but the Lord rescues him from all of them.
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
You are Peter, and I can guarantee that on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not overpower it.
I’ve told you this so that my peace will be with you. In the world you’ll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world.”