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My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
    This I know: God is on my side!

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Then my enemies will turn back(A)
    when I call for help.(B)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(C)

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Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

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More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(A) If God is for us,(B) who can be against us?(C)

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11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us;
    the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude

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11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob(A) is our fortress.(B)

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The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear.
    What can mere people do to me?

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The Lord is with me;(A) I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?(B)

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Don’t turn away from me
    in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
    and answer me quickly when I call to you.

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Do not hide your face(A) from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(B) to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

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Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

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‘Call(A) to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable(B) things you do not know.’

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“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
    Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
    Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
    For God is with us![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel!

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

11 Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,
    but I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
12 They swarmed around me like bees;
    they blazed against me like a crackling fire.
    But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
13 My enemies did their best to kill me,
    but the Lord rescued me.

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11 They surrounded me(A) on every side,(B)
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
12 They swarmed around me like bees,(C)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;(D)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(E)
13 I was pushed back and about to fall,
    but the Lord helped me.(F)

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The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us;
    the God of Israel[a] is our fortress. Interlude

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Footnotes

  1. 46:7 Hebrew of Jacob; also in 46:11. See note on 44:4.

The Lord Almighty(A) is with us;(B)
    the God of Jacob(C) is our fortress.(D)

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As Jesus said I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground!

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When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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My enemies retreated;
    they staggered and died when you appeared.

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My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

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When evil people come to devour me,
    when my enemies and foes attack me,
    they will stumble and fall.

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When the wicked advance against me
    to devour[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:2 Or slander

38 I struck them down so they could not get up;
    they fell beneath my feet.
39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
    you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
40 You placed my foot on their necks.
    I have destroyed all who hated me.
41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
    They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
    I swept them into the gutter like dirt.

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38 I crushed them(A) so that they could not rise;(B)
    they fell beneath my feet.(C)
39 You armed me with strength(D) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries(E) before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs(F) in flight,
    and I destroyed(G) my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(H)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(I)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(J)
    I trampled them[a] like mud in the streets.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out