xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden me up. Ps. lxiii. 8. Xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the right eous. xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine integrity. li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. lxvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. lxxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb. cxix. 117. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe. cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall; he raiseth all that are bowed down. Isa. xli. 13. I the Lord will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Ps. lxxiii. 23. xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thy hand, and will keep thee. Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them. Ch. vii. 15. Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand. | Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield and exceeding great reward. Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock, his work is perfect; all his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he.-Ver. 31. Their rock is not as our rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.— Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thine excellency. 2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, the Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; the God of my rock, in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower, and my refuge, and my Saviour. Ver. 32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35. 46.-iii. 3.—cxliv. 2. Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour thou wilt compass him as with a shield. ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed; a refuge in times of trouble. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am his right hand. SAFETY. LXII. God giveth safety. Exod. xxxiv. 24. I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thrice in the year. Lev. xxv. 18. Ye shall do my statutes and keep my judgments, and do them, and shall dwell in the land in safety. Ver. 19. Deut. xii. 10. Job v. 11. The Lord doth set on high those that be low, that those that mourn may be exalted to safety. Ch. xi. 14. 18. Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to dwell in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam. xii. 11. Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from him that puffeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. The needy shall lie down in safety. Prov. i. 33. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom shall dwell safely. Ch. iii. 21. 23. xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord. xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, shall be safe. See safety promised to God's church and people. Jer. xxiii. 6.xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26.-xxxiv. 25. 28. -xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 11. LXIII. God called a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord said to helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him. xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Ps. lxi. 2.-lxxi. 3. 7. xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and shield. Ps. lix. 11.Ixxxiv. 9. xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Ver. 7. 11. xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth are the Lord's. xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion for a refuge. lvii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Ps. lxi. 4. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and of thy mercy for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of trouble. Lxi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from the enemy. Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Ver. 6. 8. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield. lxxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps. xcv. 1. xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, and my fortress; my God; in him will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22.-cxv. 9, 10, 11. cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding-place, and my shield: I hope in thy word. cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the living. Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge. xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge, and covert from the storm. xxv. 4. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress; a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction. Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold in the day of trouble. Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us [i. e. Christ.] HELP. LXIV. God is a helper to his people. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Who rideth upon the heaven in thy help. 1 Chron. xii. 18. Thy God helpeth thee. 2 Chron. xxv. 8. God hath power to help and to cast down. xxxii. 8. With us is the Lord our God, to help us. Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. xlvi. 1. God is a very present help in trouble. lxxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath no helper. lxxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one that is mighty. lvi. 5. God shall help, and that right early. Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xliv. 2. 1. 7. The Lord will help me; therefore will I not be confounded. Ch. xlix. 8. Ps. xliv. 5. Help prayed for. Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou a help to Judah from his enemies. Ps. xii. 1. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth. xx. 2. Send help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee. xxxv. 2. Lord stand up for my help. Ps cix. 26. xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Ps. xxii. 1. 19.—xl. 13 -lxx. 1.-lxxi. 12. lix. 4. Awake to help me. Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. lxxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. cxix. 173. Let thy hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.-Ver. 175. Let thy judgments help me. See 2 Chron. xiv. 11.xx. 4. 9. Exod. Help from God acknowledged. xviii. 4. Moses said, The God of my father was my help. 1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. Ps. xxvii. 9. David said, Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him, and I am helped. Ps. xxxiii. 20. xl. 17. Thou art my help, and my deliverer. Ps. liv. 4.—lxx. 5. Ixiii. 7. Thou hast been my help; therefore cxv. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. is their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11. cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help. Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help. Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Help from God promised. Gen. xlix. 25. The God of thy father shall help thee, and bless thee. Ps. xxxvii. 40. The Lord shall help the righteous, and deliver them. xciv. 17. Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had dwelt in silence. cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped me. Ps. cxviii. 13. cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me. exxi. 1, 2. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Acts xxvi. 22. Having obtained help of God, I continue unto this day. See 1 Chron. xv. 26. 2 Chron. xviii. 31.-xxvi. 7. 15. Ps. xliv. 26. Isa, xlix. 8. LXV. Help from the creatures, vain. Ps. xxxiii. 17. An horse is a vain thing for safety. lx. 11. Vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain. cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. GOD A DELIVERER. the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35. Mic. v. 6. Isa. xxxi. 5. 1 Chron. xi. 14. The Lord saved the Israelites from the Philistines, by a great deliverance, 2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not destroy them, but will grant them a deliver ance. Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve; and hast given us a deliverance. Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies. Ps. cvi. 43. Job v. 19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Ps. liv. 7.-lxxxi. 7. xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit. Ver. 28. Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. Ver. LXVI. God delivereth from sickness. Deut. vii. 15. The Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt upon thee. Exod. xv. 26.-17. 43. 48. 50. xxiii. 25. Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth.-Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. Ps. xci. 3, 5, 6. He shall deliver thee; thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 3. cxvi. 6. Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will bring health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. LXVII. God delivereth from enemies, oppression, &c. Exod. iii. 8. The Lord said, I am come down to deliver my people out of the hand of the Egyptians. xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 8, 10. Judges x. 11. Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee. 1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said, The Lord delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear. 2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I anointed thee king, and delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. Ch. xxii. 2. 18. 20. 49. 2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance. xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. xx. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of] xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou deliveredst them. Ver. 5. xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliver ance. lv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace, from the battle that was against me. Ivi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Ps. lxxxvi. 13.-cxvi. 8. Ixxviii. 42. They remembered not the day, when he delivered them from the enemy. Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast, in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption. xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry you, and will deliver you. Ezek. xiii. 21. I will deliver my people out of your hand: (viz. from the false prophets, ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12. Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and earth. Acts vii. 10. God delivered Joseph out of all his afflictions. Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us from the power of darkness. 2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world.* 1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivered us from the wrath to come. Heb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh and blood, that he might deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage. Rom. vii. 6. By Christ we are delivered from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the body of death. Ch. viii. 21. From the bondage of corruption. Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother. 1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, The Lord plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. Ps. xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and needy from him that spoileth him? See Ps. lxxii. 12.— lxxxii. 4. Jer. xx. 13. LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered. Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, (saith the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out of all to deliver thee. Ver. 19. Ch. xv. 19, 20, 21. tribulation. Ch. xxxix. 17. Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul. Acts xxvi. 15-17. I am Jesus: I have ap vii. 1. Save me from all them that perse-peared unto thee, delivering thee from the peocute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 6.- ple, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now cxliii. 9. send thee. xvii. 13. Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword. xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. xxv. 19, 20. Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me. xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me. Ps. lxxiv. 19. xxxi. 1, 2. Deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me, and deliver me speedily.-Ver. 15. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. xl. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me.Ver. 14. Let them be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul to destroy it. 2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver; in whom we trust, that he will yet deliver us. See 2 Tim. iii. 11.-iv. 17, 18. LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall deliver the island of the innocent. Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death. xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver. 7. 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8. xli. 1. He that considereth the poor, the Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2. 1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Ps. lix. 2.-lxxi. 4.-cxl. 1.—me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4. 15. cxliv. 2. 7. 11. xliv. 4, 5. O God, command deliverances for Jacob. Through thee we will push down our enemies. lx. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand. Ps. cviii. 6. lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.-Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine enemies. cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. Ver. 20. He delivered them from their destructions. cix. 21. Because thy mercy is good, do thou deliver me. cxix. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man.-Ver. 153. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me. Ver. 154. 170. Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely shall be delivered. Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be delivered in a city devoted to destruction by the Lord. Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace.Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him. xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. Obad. ver. 17. LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil or sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my transgressions. li. 14. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa. God of my salvation. xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31. LXIX. Persons that shall be delivered are, the poor and needy. Job xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction. lxxix. 8, 9. O remember not against us former iniquities. Deliver us and purge away our sins for thy name's sake. cxix. 170 Deliver me according to thy word. Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. LXXIII. God delivereth into natural evil. He delivereth the wicked into the hands of their enemies. Gen. xiv. 20. Melchizedek said to Abram, Blessed be the most high God, who hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand. Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, [to his people,] I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand. Deut. iii. 2.—vii. 2. 16. 23. 24. Numb. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up the Canaanites, and Israel destroyed them. xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. Ch. xxiii. 28.-xxv. 7.—xxxi. 10, 11. Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? Heathens delivered into the hands of Israel. Og. Deut. iii. 2.—Amorites. Josh. x. 12. Many kings. Ch. xi. 6.—All their enemies. Ch. xxi. 44.-The Canaanites. Judg. i. 4.Sisera. Ch. iv. 7.—Midianites. Ch. vii. 7.— Zeba and Zalmunna, Ch. viii. 7.-Children of Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Sihon, &c. Ammon. Ch. xi. 32.-Philistines, 1 Sam. Ver. 36. Judg. xi. 9. 21. xxiii. 4.-Moabites. 2 Kings iii. 18. xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be smitten before thine enemies. Ver. 29.-See this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 8. Neh. ix. 26, 27 Ps. lxxviii. 59. 61. Isa. xlii. 24, 25. 1 Sam. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, This day the Lord delivered thee into mine hand. See 1 Sam. xvii. 46. 1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, The man of God was disobedient to the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion. 2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not hearken to advice, for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies. Isa. xxxiv. 2, 3. The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies; he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain shall be cast out, &c. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii. 3, 4, 5. Hab. i. 12. Jer. xv. 9. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord. xx. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies: and I will give Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. Ver. 5. xxi. 4. 7. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon. And I will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 9, 10.-xxix. 17. 21. xliii. 10, 11. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I will take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and he shall deliver such as are for death, to death, &c. Ch. xlvi. 26. Ezek. xi. 8, 9. I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord. I will deliver you into the hands of strangers. Ver. 10. xvi. 27. For thy wickedness, I have diminished thy ordinary food, and have delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee. Mic. vi. 14. THE LORD DOTH KEEP HIS PEOPLE. LXXIV. God doth keep his servants from evil. Gen. xxviii. 15. The Lord said to Jacob, Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and I will not leave thee. Ver. 20, 21. Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Numb. vi. 23-26. On this wise Aaron and his sons shall bless the children of Israel, saying: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob as the apple of his eye. Josh. xiv. 10. Moses said, The Lord hath kept me alive, &c. 1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness: for by strength shall no man prevail. xxv. 32. 34. David said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath kept his servant from doing evil. Ver. 39. 1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, and said, O that thou wouldest bless me, and keep me from evil. Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Ps. xii. 7. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord; thou shalt preserve them from this generation. Ps. xxxi. 20. xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of the eye: hide me under the shadow of thy wings. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from presumptuous sins. xxv. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me: let me not be ashamed, for I trust in thee. xxx. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive. xxxiii. 18, 19. The eye of the Lord is on |