Psalm 129:2

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“Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.

I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-amses.