Daniel 6:22

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

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

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.

Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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.”

“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.

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.

Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.

Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you.”

saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,

Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,

When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.

That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

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

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”

In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.

Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”

Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?

For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,

Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.

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.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?” They answered the king, “True, O king.”

“You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.

while he said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.”

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.