“But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death . . . Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter” (Psalm 44:19, 22).

"How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures [delights, delicacies]. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light” (Psalm 36:7-9).

“My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net” (Psalm 25:15).

”I say to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.’ . . . The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup . . . I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad” (Psalm 16:2, 5, 8, 9).

”He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).

“O LORD, you have searched me and known me. . . You understand my thoughts afar off. . . Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24).

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills – from whence come my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:1-2).