Protecção e segurança

God Provides for and Protects His People

1 God is our refuge and strength,

a very sufficient help in troubles.

God Provides for and Protects His People

1 God is our refuge and strength,

a very sufficient help in troubles.

God’s Protection in Times of Crisis

1 One who lives in the secret place* of the Most High

will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.*

2 I will say to Yahweh, "You are my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust."

4 With his feathers he will cover you,

and under his wings you can take refuge.

His faithfulness will be a shield and a buckler.*

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

9 For you, O Yahweh, are my refuge.

You have made the Most High your dwelling place.*

10 No harm will befall you,

and no plague will come near your tent.

A Declaration of Trust

1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation;

whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the refuge of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

2 Only he is my rock and my salvation,

my high stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

9 And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of distress.

3 But* you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

A Call to Yahweh in Distress

1 Yahweh, how many are my enemies;

many are rising against me.

2 Many are saying about my soul,

"There is no deliverance for him from* God. Selah*

3 But* you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

4 With my voice I call to Yahweh

and he answers me from his holy hill.*Selah

5 I lay down and slept;

I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

6 I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people

who all around have set themselves against me.

30 This* God—his way is blameless.

The word of Yahweh is flawless.*

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

35 You also gave me the shield of your salvation,

and your right hand supported me,

and your humility made me great.

36 You enlarged my step under me,

and my ankles did not slip.

A Prayer for National Safety

1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,

the one who trains my hands for battle,

my fingers for war—

2 my loyal love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer,

my shield, and one in whom I take refuge,

the one who subdues peoples* under me.

10 who gives victory to kings,

who rescues David his servant

from the evil sword.

11 But let all who take shelter in you rejoice.

Let them ever* sing for joy,

because* you spread protection over them;

And let those* who love your name exult in you.

12 For you bless the righteous.

O Yahweh, like a* shield you surround him with good favor.

6 As for me, I have called on you

because you will answer me, O God.

Incline your ear to me.

Hear my words.*

7 Show wondrously your acts of loyal love,

O Savior of those who take refuge

at your right hand*

from those who rise up against them.

8 Keep me as the apple of your eye.*

Hide me in the shadow of your wings

9 from the presence* of the wicked who destroy me,

those enemies against my life,

they that surround me.

7 Because the king trusts Yahweh,

and through the steadfast love* of the Most High

he shall not be moved.

8 Your hand will find all your enemies;

your right hand will find those who hate you.

9 You will make them like your fiery furnace

at the time of your appearance.

Yahweh will swallow them in his wrath

and fire will consume them.

7 You are my hiding place;

from trouble you preserve me.

With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

Yahweh the Shepherd

1 Yahweh is my shepherd;

I will not lack for anything.

10 The young lions are in want and suffer hunger,

but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

3 Trust Yahweh and do good.

Abide in the land and feed on faithfulness.*

25 I was a youth, but I am now old;

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children begging for* bread.

19 And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

13 I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

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

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

The Sermon on the Mount: Ask, Seek, Knock

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

11 Therefore if you, although you* 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 Yahweh encamps

around those who fear him,

and he rescues them.

22 Yahweh redeems the life of his servants,

and none who take refuge in him will incur guilt.

Trust in God’s Protection

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains;

whence will my help come?

2 My help is from Yahweh,

maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;

he who protects you will not slumber.

4 Look, he will not slumber and he will not sleep—

he who protects Israel.

5 Yahweh is your protector;

Yahweh is your shade at your right hand.

6 The sun will not strike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7 Yahweh will protect you from all evil;*

he will protect your life.

8 Yahweh will protect your going out and your coming in

from now until forever.

Confidence in Yahweh

1 Protect me, O God,

for I take refuge in you.

Confidence in Yahweh

1 Protect me, O God,

for I take refuge in you.

8 I have set Yahweh before me always.

Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.

8 I have set Yahweh before me always.

Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.

God’s Blessing on the King

1 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.

May the name of Jacob’s God protect* you.

2 May he send you help* from the sanctuary,

and from Zion may he sustain you.

20 Protect my life and deliver me.

Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,

because I wait for you.

17 The horse is a false hope for victory,

nor can it save by the greatness of its power.

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

on those who hope* for his loyal love

19 to deliver their soul from death

and to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul waits for Yahweh;

he is our help and our shield.

6 Yahweh is for me; I do not fear.

What can mere humans* do to me?

8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

than to trust in humans.*

10 A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh;

into him* the righteous will run and be safe.

10 A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh;

into him* the righteous will run and be safe.

26 In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength,

and for his children, there will be refuge.

26 Yahweh will be your confidence*

and guard your foot from capture.

9 Whoever walks in integrity* will walk securely,

but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

5 Every word of God is flawless;

he is a shield for him who takes refuge in him.

5 Every word of God is flawless;

he is a shield for him who takes refuge in him.

6 Righteousness will guard the upright of way,

but wickedness will overthrow sin.

25 The righteous eats to satisfy his life,*

but the belly of the wicked will lack.

6 For Yahweh will give wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 For the upright, he stores* sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,

8 in order to guard paths of justice

and keep* the way of his faithful ones.

12 When the clever sees danger, he hides;

the simple go on and suffer.

31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle,

but to Yahweh belongs the victory.

23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,

for from it comes the source* of life.

6 Be strong and be courageous; you should not be afraid, and you should not be in dread from their presence,* for Yahweh your God is the one going with you; he will not leave you alone and he will not forsake you."

27 The God of ancient time* is a hiding place,

and underneath are the arms of eternity,*

and he drove out from before* you your enemy,

and he said, ‘Destroy them!’

12 Of Benjamin he said,

"The beloved of Yahweh dwells securely,*

the Most High* shields all around him,

all the day,

and between his shoulders he dwells."

17 Every weapon formed against you shall not succeed,

and you shall declare guilty every tongue that rises against you for judgment.

This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh,

and their legal right* from me,"

declares* Yahweh.

3 You will protect a firm inclination in peace,

in peace because he trusts in you.

4 Even* to your old age I am he;

even* to your advanced age I myself will support you.

I myself have made you,

and I myself will carry you,

and I myself will support you,

and I will save you.

5 Like birds flying overhead, so Yahweh of hosts will protect Jerusalem;

he will protect and deliver it;

he will pass over and rescue it.

17 Learn to do good!

Seek justice! Rescue the oppressed!

Defend the orphan! Plead for the widow!

19 If you are willing and you are obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land.

20 But if you refuse and you rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword.

For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."

14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you must be quiet."

7 Yahweh is good—a refuge in the day of distress;

he knows those who take refuge in him.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?* And one of them will not fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent* of your Father. 30 And even the hairs of your head are all numbered! 31 Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

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

17 And you will be hated by all because of my name. 18 Even a hair of your head will never perish! 19 By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.

The Two Swords

35 And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler’s bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?"* And they said, "Nothing."

Victory in Christ

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

6 So then, we can say with confidence,

"The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.*

What will man do to me?"*

7 Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

6 So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight*.

14 And this is the confidence that we have before 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 from him.

18 We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

11 And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are. 12 When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded them,* and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

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

32 For who is God apart from Yahweh?

And who is a rock apart from our God?

29 So then, be content and bless the house of your servant to be forever in your presence, for you, my Lord Yahweh, have spoken, and because of your blessing, may the house of your servant be blessed forever."

6 David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, so Aram became servants of David, bringing tribute. Yahweh protected David everywhere he went.

8 and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut down your enemies from before you and will make a name for you, like the name of the great ones on the earth.

18 " ‘And you* shall do my statutes, and you must keep my regulations, and you shall do them, so that* you shall live securely* on the land.

11 I am establishing my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will there ever be a flood that destroys the earth."

7 Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

11 As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me.

Let your loyal love and your faithfulness

continually preserve me.

22 Cast your burden on Yahweh,

and he will sustain you.

He will never allow the righteous to be moved.*

16 But as for me, I will sing of your strength,

and I will hail your loyal love in the morning,

because you have been my high stronghold

and a refuge in my time* of trouble.

11 However, the king will rejoice in God.

Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast,

because the mouth of the liars will be stopped.

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name.

Lift up a song to the rider on the clouds—his name is Yah—*

and rejoice before him.

5 A father to orphans and a judge for widows

is God in his holy habitation.

19 Blessed be the Lord. Daily he loads us with benefits,*

the God of our salvation.*Selah

10 I am Yahweh your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

11 Because Yahweh God is a sun and a shield;

Yahweh gives grace and honor.

He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil.

He protects the lives of his faithful;

he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

6 Yahweh watches over the simple.

I was brought low, but he gave me victory.

7 Return, O my soul, to your repose,

for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For you have rescued me* from death,

my eyes* from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9 I will walk before Yahweh

in the land* of the living.

114 You are my hiding place and my shield;

I hope in your word.

A Prayer for Protection and Prosperity

1 Unless Yahweh builds a house,

its builders labor at it in vain.

Unless Yahweh guards a city,

a guard watches in vain.

17 There I will cause a horn to grow for David;

I will set a lamp for my anointed one.

18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but on him his crown will flourish."*

8 Yahweh accomplishes things for my benefit.

O Yahweh, your loyal love endures forever;

do not abandon the works of your hands.

16 opening your hand,

and satisfying the desire of every living creature.

7 who executes justice for the oppressed,

who gives food for the hungry.

Yahweh sets prisoners free;

8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;

Yahweh raises up those bowed down;

Yahweh loves the righteous;

9 Yahweh protects* the strangers.

He helps up the orphan and the widow,

but the way of the wicked he thwarts.*

8 In peace I will lie down and sleep at once,*

for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.

11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,

11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, 12 because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

8 Will a human dare to rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In the tithes and the contributions! 9 You are being cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you! 10 Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse,* so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.*

26 And I will make them and the area all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down at its appointed time;* they will be rains of blessing.

12 For wisdom offers protection like money offers protection.*

But knowledge has an advantage—wisdom restores life to its possessor.

14 In the same way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.

10 For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, because they* desire it, have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

25 For I will saturate the thirst of the weary,

and every person who languishes I will replenish."

12 for which reason also I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted until that day.