“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
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