Song of Solomon 3:8

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

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.”

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

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.

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you.

Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.

Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”

When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

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

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.

In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.

You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.

Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.’ ”

The nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever more.” ’ ”

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.