2 Samuel 22:3

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”

Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;

Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”

He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge;

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.