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The Lord Protects Us
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The Old Testament
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| Psalm 33:18-22 |
Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.
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| Psalm 7:1-2 |
O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;
Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,
Lest they tear me like a lion,
Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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| Daniel 6:10-12,16-23 |
[I]n his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks to his God, as was his custom since early days. Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king's decree: "Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?" The king answered and said, "The thing is true...."
So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.
Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever! My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you." Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
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| Psalm 118: 8-9 |
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. |
| Psalm 5:11-12 |
Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name
Be joyful in You.
For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
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| Psalm 40: 11,13 |
Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
Let Your loving kindness and Your truth continually preserve me....
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me!
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| Psalm 37:39-40 |
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
And the Lord shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,
Because they trust in Him.
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The New Testament
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| Matthew 28:20 |
"Lo, I am with you always...."
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| Matthew 6:13 |
"Deliver us from evil....."
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| John 14:27 |
"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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The Heavenly Doctrines
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| Arcana Coelestia 59:2 |
If the Lord did not protect a person moment by moment, and in every shortest instant, he would immediately perish, for there is such murderous hatred reigning in the world of spirits against all forms of love and faith in the Lord as to defy description.
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| Heaven and Hell 577:3 |
The Lord cannot protect a person unless he acknowledges the Divine and lives a life of faith and charity; for otherwise a person turns himself away from the Lord.
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| Arcana Coelestia 8455:1 |
Peace holds within itself trust in the Lord, the trust that He governs all things and provides all things, and that He leads toward an end that is good.
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| Arcana Coelestia 6303 |
When the Lord is with someone He leads him and makes provision so that all that happens, whether sad or joyful, may bring him what is good.
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