If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!
I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.
But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.