1487 verses about Safety

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.

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.

You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

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

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.