Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a bur
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me al