The LORD is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one. The LORD protects me from all danger; I will never be afraid.

When evil people attack me and try to kill me, they stumble and fall.

God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;

Do not be afraid---I am with you! I am your God---let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

"Those who are angry with you will know the shame of defeat. Those who fight against you will die

and said, 'Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.'

Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!

Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!

Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose and that you will win, because it is God who gives you the victory.

If you are weak in a crisis, you are weak indeed.

And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the smart thing to do!

Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days.

I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.

It never enters their heads that I will remember all this evil; but their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them."

An evil gang is around me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.

They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.

Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger!

Dan will be a snake at the side of the road, A poisonous snake beside the path, That strikes at the horse's heel, So that the rider is thrown off backward.

Don't let me be killed on foreign soil, away from the LORD. Why should the king of Israel come to kill a flea like me? Why should he hunt me down like a wild bird?"