Psalm 57:3
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3 He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah
God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 40:11
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11 Do not, O Lord, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.(A)
Psalm 43:3
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3 O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.(A)
Acts 12:11
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11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hands of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”(A)
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Psalm 144:5-7
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5 Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains so that they smoke.(A)
6 Make the lightning flash and scatter them;
send out your arrows and rout them.(B)
7 Stretch out your hand from on high;
set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters,
from the hand of foreigners,(C)
Psalm 61:7
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7 May he be enthroned forever before God;
appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!(A)
Psalm 56:1-2
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Psalm 56
Trust in God under Persecution
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(A)
Micah 3:2-3
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2 you who hate the good and love the evil,
who tear the skin off my people[a]
and the flesh off their bones,(A)
3 who eat the flesh of my people,
flay their skin off them,
break their bones in pieces,
and chop them up like meat[b] in a kettle,
like flesh in a caldron.(B)
John 1:17
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17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(A)
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Matthew 28:2-6
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2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.(A) 3 His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. 4 For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.(B) 6 He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he[a] lay.(C)
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- 28.6 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
Psalm 18:6-50
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6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.(A)
7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(B)
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.(C)
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.(D)
11 He made darkness his covering around him,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water.(E)
12 Out of the brightness before him
there broke through his clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.(F)
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice.[a](G)
14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.(H)
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.(I)
16 He reached down from on high; he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.(J)
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.(K)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a broad place;
he delivered me because he delighted in me.(L)
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.(M)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.(N)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.(O)
23 I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(P)
25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(Q)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(R)
27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(S)
28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(T)
29 By you I can outrun a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.(U)
30 This God—his way is perfect;
the promise of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.(V)
31 For who is God except the Lord?
And who is a rock besides our God?(W)
32 The God who has girded me with strength
and made my way safe.[b]
33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.(X)
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(Y)
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand has supported me;
your help[c] has made me great.
36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them
and did not turn back until they were consumed.(Z)
38 I struck them down so that they were unable to rise;
they fell under my feet.(AA)
39 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
you made my assailants sink under me.(AB)
40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and those who hated me I destroyed.(AC)
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(AD)
42 I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.(AE)
43 You delivered me from strife with the peoples;[d]
you made me head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.(AF)
44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.
45 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling out of their strongholds.(AG)
46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation,(AH)
47 the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,(AI)
48 who delivered me from my enemies;
indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
you delivered me from the violent.(AJ)
49 For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations
and sing praises to your name.(AK)
50 Great triumphs he gives to his king
and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.(AL)
Job 31:31
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- 31.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Numbers 23:24
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24 Look, a people rising up like a lioness
and rousing itself like a lion!
It does not lie down until it has eaten the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”(A)
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