1487 verses about Safety

Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.

The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

“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,

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

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

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

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain!”

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

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

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

Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

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

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

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.

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

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

the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

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.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

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.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

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

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

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.

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.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

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.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

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

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.

I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

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

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

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.

Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

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

A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

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

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

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.

Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.