Isaiah 48v9-11

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be merciful today, particularly in difficult circumstances

⁹ For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
    and for my praise, I hold it back for you
    so that I don’t cut you off.
¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you,
    but not as silver.
    I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹ For my own sake,
    for my own sake, I will do it;
for how would my name be profaned?
    I will not give my glory to another.