source of this language.57 Yet if the language is close to LXX Psalm 54, the intent of the saying of Jesus is surely to be found here as well, namely that because God cares for his people, mundane anxiety is pointless.58 This verse encapsulates the thrust of both the ethic (v. 7a*) and the comfort (v. 7b*) of the entire letter. One is to entrust one’s life to God, even in the midst of suffering and persecution, subordinating oneself to the divine will, even when that will involves suffering