“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”