¹⁰ Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

³¹ So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

⁹ The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

¹⁷ But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁰ And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

²¹ For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

³ Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

¹⁷ Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

¹⁸ For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

¹⁹ He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

²⁰ When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

²¹ He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

²² You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

³⁷ And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

¹² Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.