Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah
While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
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