1 God is our *refuge and strength,

a very *present* help in *trouble.

1 God is our *refuge and strength,

a very *present* help in *trouble.

1 He who dwells in *the shelter of the Most High

will abide in *the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say* to the Lord, "My *refuge and my *fortress,

my God, in whom I *trust."

4 He will *cover you with his pinions,

and under his *wings you will *find refuge;

his *faithfulness is *a shield and buckler.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

9 Because you have made the Lord your *dwelling place—

the Most High, who is my *refuge*—

10 *no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

*no plague come near your tent.

1 The Lord is my *light and my *salvation;

*whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold* of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

2 *He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my *fortress; *I shall not be greatly shaken.

9 The Lord is *a stronghold for *the oppressed,

a stronghold in *times of trouble.

3 But you, O Lord, are *a shield *about me,

my glory, and *the lifter of my head.

1 O Lord, *how many are my foes!

Many are *rising against me;

2 many are saying of my soul,

*"There is no salvation for him in God." Selah*

3 But you, O Lord, are *a shield *about me,

my glory, and *the lifter of my head.

4 I *cried aloud to the Lord,

and he *answered me from his *holy hill. Selah

5 I *lay down and slept;

I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.

6 I *will not be afraid of many thousands of people

who have *set themselves against me all around.

30 This God—his way is *perfect;*

the word of the Lord*proves true;

he is *a shield for all those who *take refuge in him.

35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,

and your right hand *supported me,

and your *gentleness made me great.

36 You *gave a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not slip.

1 Blessed be the Lord, my *rock,

*who trains my hands for war,

and my fingers for battle;

2 he is my *steadfast love and my *fortress,

my *stronghold and my deliverer,

my *shield and he in whom I take refuge,

who *subdues peoples* under me.

10 who gives victory to kings,

who *rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.

11 But let all who *take refuge in you *rejoice;

let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may *exult in you.

12 For you *bless the righteous, O Lord;

you *cover him with favor as with *a shield.

6 I *call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;

*incline your ear to me; hear my words.

7 *Wondrously show* your steadfast love,

O Savior of those who seek refuge

from *their adversaries at your right hand.

8 Keep me as *the apple of your eye;

hide me in *the shadow of your wings,

9 from the wicked who do me violence,

my deadly enemies who *surround me.

7 For the king trusts in the Lord,

and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be *moved.

8 Your hand will *find out all your enemies;

your right hand will find out those who hate you.

9 You will make them as *a blazing oven

when you appear.

The Lord will swallow them up in his *wrath,

and *fire will consume them.

7 You are a *hiding place for me;

you preserve me from *trouble;

you surround me with *shouts of deliverance. Selah

1 The Lord is my *shepherd; I shall not *want.

10 *The young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who *seek the Lord lack no good thing.

3 *Trust in the Lord, and do good;

*dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.*

25 I have been young, and now am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children *begging for bread.

19 And my God *will supply every need of yours *according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

13 I can do all things *through him who strengthens me.

33 But *seek first *the kingdom of God and his righteousness, *and all these things will be added to you.

8 Do not be like them, *for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

7 *"Ask, *and it will be given to you; *seek, and you will find; *knock, and it will be opened to you.8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

11 If you then, *who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will *your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

7 *The angel of the Lord*encamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

22 The Lord*redeems the life of his servants;

none of those who take refuge in him will be *condemned.

1 I *lift up my eyes to *the hills.

From where does my help come?

2 *My help comes from the Lord,

who *made heaven and earth.

3 He will not *let your foot be moved;

he who *keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, he who keeps Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your keeper;

the Lord is your *shade on your *right hand.

6 *The sun shall not *strike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will *keep you from all evil;

he will *keep your life.

8 The Lord will keep

your *going out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I *take refuge.

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I *take refuge.

8 *I have *set the Lord always before me;

because he is at my *right hand, I shall not be *shaken.

8 *I have *set the Lord always before me;

because he is at my *right hand, I shall not be *shaken.

1 May the Lord*answer you in the day of trouble!

May *the name of the God of Jacob *protect you!

2 May he send you help from *the sanctuary

and give you support from *Zion!

20 Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!

*Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

for I wait for you.

17 *The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18 Behold, *the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

*on those who hope in his steadfast love,

19 that he may *deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in *famine.

20 Our soul *waits for the Lord;

he is our *help and *our shield.

6 *The Lord is on my side; *I will not fear.

What can man do to me?

8 *It is better to take refuge in the Lord

*than to trust in man.

10 *The name of the Lord is *a strong tower;

the righteous man runs into it and *is safe.

10 *The name of the Lord is *a strong tower;

the righteous man runs into it and *is safe.

26 In the fear of the Lord one has *strong confidence,

and *his children will have *a refuge.

26 for the Lord will be your confidence

and will *keep your foot from being caught.

9 *Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but he who makes his ways crooked *will be found out.

5 *Every word of God proves true;

he is *a shield to those who take refuge in him.

5 *Every word of God proves true;

he is *a shield to those who take refuge in him.

6 *Righteousness guards him whose *way is blameless,

but sin overthrows the wicked.

25 *The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,

but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

6 For *the Lord gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;

he is *a shield to those who *walk in integrity,

8 guarding the paths of justice

and *watching over the way of his *saints.

12 *The prudent sees danger and hides himself,

but *the simple go on and suffer for it.

31 *The horse is made ready for the day of battle,

but *the victory belongs to the Lord.

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for *from it flow *the springs of life.

6 *Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, *for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. *He will not leave you or forsake you."

27 The eternal God is your *dwelling place,*

and underneath are the everlasting arms.*

And he thrust out the enemy before you

and said, ‘Destroy.’

12 *Of Benjamin he said,

"The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.

The High God* surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders."

17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,

and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord

*and their vindication* from me, declares the Lord."

3 *You keep him in perfect peace

whose mind is stayed on you,

because he trusts in you.

4 *even to your old age I am he,

and to gray hairs I will carry you.

I have made, and I will bear;

I will carry and will save.

5 *Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts

will protect Jerusalem;

he will protect and deliver it;

he will spare and rescue it."

17 learn to do good;

*seek justice,

correct oppression;

*bring justice to the fatherless,

plead the widow’s cause.

19 *If you are willing and obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land;

20 but if you refuse and rebel,

you shall be eaten by the sword;

*for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

14 *The Lord will fight for you, and you have only *to be silent."

7 *The Lord is good,

*a stronghold in the day of trouble;

*he knows those who take refuge in him.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?*And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.30 But *even the hairs of your head are all numbered.31 Fear not, therefore; *you are of more value than many sparrows.

22 And *whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, *if you have faith."

17 *You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.18 But *not a hair of your head will perish.19 By your *endurance you will gain your lives.

35 And he said to them, *"When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

31 What then shall we say to these things? *If God is for us, who can be* against us?

6 So we can confidently say,

*"The Lord is my helper;

*I will not fear;

what can man do to me?"

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. *Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

6 So then *let us not sleep, as others do, but let us *keep awake and *be sober.

3 But *the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and *guard you against *the evil one.*

22 and *whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and *do what pleases him.

14 And this is *the confidence that we have toward him, that *if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

18 We know that *everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but *he who was born of God *protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

11 And I am no longer in the world, but *they are in the world, and *I am coming to you. *Holy Father, *keep them in your name, *which you have given me, *that they may be one, *even as we are one.12 *While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have *guarded them, and *not one of them has been lost except *the son of destruction, *that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

15 I *do not ask that you *take them out of the world, but that you *keep them from *the evil one.*

32 "For who is God, but the Lord?

*And who is a rock, except our God?

29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, *and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever."

6 Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians *became servants to David and brought tribute. *And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

8 and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

18 *"Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then *you will dwell in the land securely.

11 *I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."

7 "For the Lord God does nothing

*without revealing his secret

to his servants the prophets.

11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain

your mercy from me;

your *steadfast love and your faithfulness will

ever preserve me!

22 *Cast your burden on the Lord,

and he will sustain you;

*he will never permit

the righteous to be moved.

16 But I will sing of your strength;

I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.

For you have been to me *a fortress

and *a refuge in *the day of my distress.

11 But *the king shall rejoice in God;

all who *swear by him shall exult,

*for the mouths of *liars will be stopped.

4 Sing to God, *sing praises to his name;

*lift up a song to him who *rides through *the deserts;

his name is *the Lord;

exult before him!

5 *Father of the fatherless and *protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation.

19 Blessed be the Lord,

who daily *bears us up;

God is our salvation. Selah

10 *I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

*Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 For the Lord God is *a sun and *shield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

*No good thing does he withhold

from those who *walk uprightly.

10 O you who love the Lord, *hate evil!

He *preserves the lives of his *saints;

he *delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

6 The Lord preserves *the simple;

when *I was brought low, he saved me.

7 Return, O my soul, to your *rest;

for the Lord has *dealt bountifully with you.

8 For *you have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9 I will walk before the Lord

*in the land of the living.

114 You are my *hiding place and my *shield;

I *hope in your word.

1 Unless the Lord builds the house,

those who build it labor in vain.

Unless the Lord*watches over the city,

the watchman stays awake in vain.

17 There I will make *a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared *a lamp for *my anointed.

18 His enemies I will *clothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine."

8 The Lord will *fulfill his purpose for me;

*your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.

Do not forsake *the work of your hands.

16 You *open your hand;

you *satisfy the desire of every living thing.

7 *who executes justice for the oppressed,

*who gives food to the hungry.

*The Lord sets the prisoners free;

8 *the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

*The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

*the Lord loves the righteous.

9 *The Lord watches over the sojourners;

*he upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but *the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

8 In peace I will both *lie down and sleep;

for you alone, O Lord, make me *dwell in safety.

11 *Put on *the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against *the schemes of the devil.

11 *Put on *the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against *the schemes of the devil. 12 For *we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against *the rulers, against the authorities, against *the cosmic powers over *this present darkness, against *the spiritual forces of evil *in the heavenly places.

8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. *But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ *In your tithes and contributions. 9 *You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 *Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby *put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open *the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill *a blessing, and *I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be *showers of blessing.

12 For the protection of wisdom is like *the protection of money,

and the advantage of knowledge is that *wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that *those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

10 For the love of money is a root of *all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

25 For I will *satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish."

12 *which is why I suffer as I do. But *I am not ashamed, for *I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until *that day *what has been entrusted to me.*