1487 verses about Safety

God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.

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

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

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

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

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

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

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

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

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

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

nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

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

no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

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

They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

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

Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

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

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

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

Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.