Psalms 119:157

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

⁵¹The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

⁴He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

⁹Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

²³except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me. ²⁴But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

¹¹My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

⁹“Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

¹²Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.