¹⁸ “Is not the Lord your God with you? And ^(A)has he not given you peace^[a] on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and his people.

²⁵ For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, ^(A)has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. ^(A)I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. ^(B)For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

The Lord's Covenant with David

7 ^(A)Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord ^(B)had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders

23 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given ^(A)rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua ^(B)was old and well advanced in years,

God's Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? ^(A)If God is for us, who can be^[a] against us?

³¹ So ^(A)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And ^(B)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, ^(C)it multiplied.

Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. ^(A)A Maskil^[a] of the Sons of Korah.

¹⁹ And David ^(A)inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” ²⁰ And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” ^(B)Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.^[a]