And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.

The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; all Your billows and Your waves have gone over me.

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me; I found affliction and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of the Lord- O Lord, deliver my soul.

I believed, therefore I have spoken; but I was greatly afflicted.

For we do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

in everything being oppressed, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; outside [were] fightings, inside [were] fears.

And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? Yet a little while and they will stone me.

And all the congregation said to stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel.

But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike, [formed] out of vanity.

Then the crowds who went before, and those following were crying out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' Hosanna in the highest!"

Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!"

And she was very much grieved in [her] spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon you, and take away your life, and the lives of your house.

And Hushai said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [and as a wild boar in the plain]; and your father [is] a man of war, and will not give the people rest.

And she came to Elisha to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisha said, Let her alone, for her soul [is] much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden [it] from me, and has not told [it] to me.

Though the Mighty One should lay [His] hand upon me, forasmuch as He has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before Him.

And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: He heard my voice out of His holy temple, and my cry shall enter before Him, into His ears.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my mind and my heart.

[A Psalm] of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid; Though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.

[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall be continually in my mouth.

Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

Draw near to Him, and be enlightened; and your faces shall by no means be ashamed.

The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, and will deliver them.

For the end, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and He attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.

And He brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him; [He is] the salvation of my countenance.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him; [He is] the health of my countenance, and my God.

They shall be afraid, but I will trust in You.

In God (I will praise [His] word); all the day long have I hoped in God; I will not fear; what shall man do to me?

I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?

For the end, A Psalm of David to Jeduthun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? For from Him is my salvation.

Nevertheless, my soul is subjected to God; for of Him [is] my patient hope.

Hope in Him, all you congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before Him, for God is our helper. Pause.

[It is] better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man.

All the nations surrounded me; but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

They compassed me about as bees [do] a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns; but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.

For You have been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them that were disheartened by reason of poverty; You shall deliver them from wicked men; [You have been] a shelter for them that thirst, and a refreshing air to injured men.

And Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.

O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, You alone are the God of every kingdom of the world; You have made heaven and earth.

For truly, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,

But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that You alone are God.

O Lord, You are my strength and my help, and my refuge in days of evil. To You the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, How worthless [were the] idols [which] our fathers procured for themselves, and there is no help in them.

For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs;

yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in God my Savior.

who, contrary to hope, on hope believed, so that he should become a father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who [can be] against us?

Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer.

Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

who delivered us from so great a death, and is delivering [us]; in whom we trust that He will still deliver [us],

so that being confident, we may say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"