Psalms 31:7-11

⁷Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.

⁸I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.

⁹Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee.

¹⁰Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.