“A psalm of David. In You, Hashem, I have taken refuge” (Tehillim 31:1–2). This is what the pasuk says: “Who among you fears Hashem and listens to the voice of His servant?” (Yeshayahu 50:10). When Yisrael enter the batei knesses and say before HaKadosh Baruch Hu, “Redeem us,” He says to them, “Are there tzaddikim among you, and people who fear Heaven?” And they say, “In the past, in the days of our fathers, in the days of Moshe and Aharon, in the days of Shaul, David and Shlomo, there were tzaddikim among them. But now, because of our sins, they have been taken from us, as it says, ‘Because of the evil the tzaddik is taken away’ (Yeshayahu 57:1), and it says, ‘For the faithful have vanished from among men’ (Tehillim 12:2). We have no one to rely on, for the further we go, the darker it grows for us: ‘who walks in darkness’ (Yeshayahu 50:10).” HaKadosh Baruch Hu says to them, “Trust in My Name, and it will stand by you,” as it says, “Let him trust in the Name of Hashem” (Yeshayahu 50:10). And why? Because whoever trusts in My Name, I rescue him. Know that it is so: Chananyah, Mishael and Azaryah trusted in My Name, and I rescued them. For so Nevuchadnetzar says, “Blessed is the G-d of Shadrach, Meishach and Aved-Nego, who sent His angel and saved His servants who trusted in Him” (Daniel 3:28). And so Daniel: because he trusted in Me, I brought him out of the pit, as it says, “And Daniel was lifted up out of the pit” (Daniel 6:24). And why? “Because he trusted in his G-d” (ibid.). David said: Since this is what trust does, that whoever trusts in You, You rescue him, in You I trust.