You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4 This is a lovely and much quoted piece of scripture especially in times of trouble. However, the common habit of taking a nip here and nip there of scripture is never quite as enriching as when you go back and read a whole portion in its context. The setting of this particular one is eschatological and makes for interesting reading especially in light of the times we live in. It begins all the way back in Isaiah 24 like this; Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants. And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so w