Psalms 41:10

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

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.”

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

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.

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.

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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.

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.”

But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

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

All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”

In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”

Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cup bearer.

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

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.

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

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

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.

Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.

My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

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

Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt;

David therefore departed from there, and escaped to Adullam’s cave. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.

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

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’ ”

For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.