⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

²⁷ The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

⁷ The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁹ On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

³³ Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

¹¹ And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.