1 God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],

A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change

And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

3 Though its waters roar and foam,

Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.

2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!"

8 Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him.

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

9 The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble;

10 And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,

For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You. [Ps 42:1]

9 You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You still them. [Ps 65:7; 107:29; Mark 4:39]

4 More than the sounds of many waters,

More than the mighty breakers of the sea,

The Lord on high is mighty.

29 He hushed the storm to a gentle whisper,

So that the waves of the sea were still. [Ps 65:7; 89:9; Matt 8:26]

35 Who shall ever separate us from the love of *Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 Just as it is written and forever remains written,

"For Your sake we are put to death all day long;

We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter." [Ps 44:22]

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. 38 For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

16 The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah.

39 The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],

And a fire to illumine the night. [Ex 13:21]

40 The Israelites asked, and He brought quail,

And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. [Ex 16:12-15]

41 He opened the rock and water flowed out;

It ran in the dry places like a river. [Ex 17:6; Num 20:11]

25 I have been young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned

Or his descendants pleading for bread.

18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless,

And their inheritance will continue forever.

19 They will not be *ashamed in the time of evil,

And in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.

3 ‘For I will pour out water on him who is thirsty,

And streams on the dry ground;

I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring

And My blessing on your descendants; [Is 32:15; 35:6, 7; Joel 2:28; John 7:37-39]

4 For You have been a stronghold for the helpless,

A stronghold for the poor in his distress,

A shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of tyrants

Is like a rainstorm against a wall.

6 And there will be a pavilion for shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and the rain.

2 "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

And through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you.

When you walk through fire, you will not be scorched,

Nor will the flame burn you.

8 We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; 9 hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed;

7 The Lord is good,

A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;

He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him. [Ps 1:6; Hos 13:5; John 10:14, 27]

8 "He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],

And the cloud does not burst under them.

9 "He covers the face of the *full moon

And spreads His cloud over it.

10 "He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters

At the boundary between light and darkness.

21 "You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,

And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

26 He said to them, "Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was [at once] a great and wonderful calm [a perfect peacefulness]. 27 The men wondered in amazement, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!31 Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’

6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years).

19 Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on *serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.