He will cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shall
thou take refuge:
His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night,
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness,
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked,
For thou, Lord, art my refuge! thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
For he will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble:
I will deliver him, and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
SELECTION 12
THE CHRISTIAN'S REFUGE
BUT now thus saith the Lord that created thee, Jacob, and he that formed thee, Israel
Fear not, for I have redeemed thee;
I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
