For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
'See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you.
My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: I have not lost one of those you gave me.