Apostol § 168
Thou, O Lord, shalt protect us / and preserve us from this generation for ever!
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for there is no longer any that is godly.
Brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness.
Verse: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.