Apostates: Saints do not Become

Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.