Good people suffer many troubles, but the LORD saves them from them all;

the LORD preserves them completely; not one of their bones is broken.

He pulled me out of a dangerous pit, out of the deadly quicksand. He set me safely on a rock and made me secure.

They will hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your feet on the stones.

I said, "I am falling"; but your constant love, O LORD, held me up.

He helps those who are in trouble; he lifts those who have fallen.

No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.

But I will watch for the LORD; I will wait confidently for God, who will save me. My God will hear me.

Our enemies have no reason to gloat over us. We have fallen, but we will rise again. We are in darkness now, but the LORD will give us light.

Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, "This child is chosen by God for the destruction and the salvation of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God which many people will speak against

"Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers."

But Peter answered, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" At once, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Peter went out and wept bitterly.

because the LORD will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.

He helps those who are in trouble; he lifts those who have fallen.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.