Put on your sword, O mighty warrior!
    You are so glorious, so majestic!

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So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

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16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[a] 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:16 Greek the evil one.
  2. 6:18 Greek all of God’s holy people.

I, the Lord, will watch over it,
    watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.

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Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them.
    Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.

Let the praises of God be in their mouths,
    and a sharp sword in their hands—
to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishment on the peoples,
to bind their kings with shackles
    and their leaders with iron chains,
to execute the judgment written against them.
    This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones.

Praise the Lord!

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Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies in the day.

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21 We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset. And half the men were always on guard. 22 I also told everyone living outside the walls to stay in Jerusalem. That way they and their servants could help with guard duty at night and work during the day.

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