God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way,though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foam,though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah Psalm 46:1–3 (ESV) More on the Book of Psalms:
Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bendYour force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. – John Donne from Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person’d God
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;I have become like an owl of the ruins.I lie awake,I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop. Psalm 102:6-7 (NASB) More on the Book of Psalms: