Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
1Â In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.
2Â Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
1Â In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.
2Â Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
1Â “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.
2Â In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
3Â And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
4Â And you know the way to the place where I am going.”
2Â Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation-
3Â if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1Â The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2Â He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
1Â “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
2Â The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
9Â For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly.
20Â If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval.