4872 verses about Protection

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.

In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

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

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

withdraw your hand far from me; and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.

Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth;’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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.

Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.

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

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.