Quotes About Protection

In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.

He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.