When I thought, “My foot slips,” thy steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul.
Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 94:18-22 RSV
