God is attentive to me. And it is written elsewhere (Psalms 40:18), "The Lord takes notice of me." But David said before the Almighty, "Master of the Universe, pay heed to my humility and my poverty, and rescue me, take notice of me. And why do you delay to be my help and my deliverer, O Lord? You must redeem me, whether today or tomorrow, therefore do not delay."
"In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge." Isaiah said (Isaiah 50:10), "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of His servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God." Similarly, Nebuchadnezzar said (Daniel 3:28), "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him." And Darius said (Daniel 6:24), "And Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God." David also said (Psalm 31:1), "In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me." The people of Israel were not ashamed to express their trust in God in this world, and they said only that they trust in the world to come. Isaiah also said (Isaiah 45:17), "Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity."...