You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.

Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.”

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.”

. . . and do not rely on your own insight.