Viciously have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.
I was hard pressed and falling, but the Lord came to my help.
A song of ascents. Those trusting in the Lord are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.
For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
Accordingly, they set supervisors over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. Thus they had to build for Pharaoh the garrison cities of Pithom and Raamses.
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”