⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

²⁷ The eternal God is `thy' dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.

¹¹ And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

³³ There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not `there'; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

⁹ On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

⁷ The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,