though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.
The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed