Psalm 31:20-24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them

from human plots;

you hold them safe under your shelter

from contentious tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord,

for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me

when I was beset as a city under siege.

22 I had said in my alarm,

“I am driven far[a] from your sight.”

But you heard my supplications

when I cried out to you for help.

23 Love the Lord, all you his saints.

The Lord preserves the faithful

but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage,

all you who wait for the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

9 For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.