Psalm 35: 1-10
Fight those who fight me, O Lord; attack those who are attacking me.
Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: Manu Brabo, Associated Press
Take up shield and armor and rise up to help me.
A Syrian child is rescued from a dinghy in Greece. Photo: Associated Press
Draw the sword and bar the way against those who pursue me; say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
Sunduz, a 34-year-old Kurd from Iraq, fled Mosul with her husband and their two young children. Pregnant and in a state of shock after the boat crossing, she nearly fainted when she stepped onto the beach in Lesbos, Greece. Photo: Marie Dorigny/EU 2015
Let those who seek after my life be shamed and humbled; let those who plot my ruin fall back and be dismayed.
Three-year-old Alan Kurdi, a Syrian refugee, drowned when his family tried to reach Greece. His 5-year-old brother Galib and mother Rehana also died in the attempt. Photo: Nilufer Demir, Dogan News Agency
Let them be like chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord drive them away.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; without a cause they have dug a pit to take me alive.
A Syrian refugee child cries at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. Photo: Muhammad Hamed, Reuters
Let ruin come upon them unawares; let them be caught in the net they hid; let them fall into the pit they dug.
Then I will be joyful in the Lord; I will glory in his victory.
My very bones will say, "Lord, who is like you? You deliver the poor from those who are too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."
Syrian refugees are greeted by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on their arrival at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. Photo: M.Blinch , Reuters