A Prayer for Help against the Foe

601 O God , You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry ; O, restore us. 2 You have made the land quake , You have split it open ; Heal its breaches , for it totters . 3 You have made Your people experience hardship ; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger . 4 You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because e of the truth . Selah . 5 That Your beloved may be delivered , Save with Your right hand , and answer us!

6 God has spoken in His holiness : "I will exult , I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth . 7 " Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head ; Judah is My scepter . 8 " Moab is My washbowl ; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe ; Shout loud , O Philistia , because of Me!" 9 Who will bring me into the besieged city ? Who will lead me to Edom ? 10 Have not You Yourself , O God , rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies , O God ? 11 O give us help against the adversary , For deliverance by man is in vain . 12 Through God we shall do valiantly , And it is He who will tread down our adversaries .

Confidence in God's Protection

611 Hear my cry , O God ; Give heed to my prayer . 2 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint ; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against e the enemy . 4 Let me dwell in Your tent forever ; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings . Selah .

5 For You have heard my vows , O God ; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name . 6 You will prolong the king's life ; His years will be as many generations . 7 He will abide before God forever ; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him. 8 So I will sing praise to Your name forever , That I may pay my vows day by day .

God the Only Refuge

621 My soul waits in silence for God only ; From Him is my salvation . 2 He only is my rock and my salvation , My stronghold ; I shall not be greatly shaken . 3 How long will you assail a man , That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall , like a tottering fence ? 4 They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position ; They delight in falsehood ; They bless with their mouth , But inwardly they curse . Selah . 5 My soul , wait in silence for God only , For my hope is from Him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation , My stronghold ; I shall not be shaken . 7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength , my refuge is in God .

8 Trust in Him at all times , O people ; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah . 9 Men e of low e degree e are only vanity and men e of rank are a lie ; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath . 10 Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery ; If riches increase , do not set your heart upon them. 11 Once God has spoken ; Twice I have heard this : That power belongs to God ; 12 And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord , For You recompense a man according to his work .

Results of Justification

51 Therefore , having been justified by faith , we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ , 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand ; and we exult in hope of the glory of God . 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations , knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance ; 4 and perseverance , proven character ; and proven character , hope ; 5 and hope does not disappoint , because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

6 For while we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly . 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man ; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die . 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners , Christ died for us. 9 Much more then , having now been justified by His blood , we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son , much more , having been reconciled , we shall be saved by His life . 11 And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ , through whom we have now received the reconciliation .

Adam and Christ

12 Therefore e , just as through one man sin entered into the world , and death through sin , and so death spread to all men , because e all sinned - 13 for until the Law sin was in the world , but sin is not imputed when there is no law . 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses , even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam , who is a type of Him who was to come . 15 But the free gift is not like the transgression . For if by the transgression of the one the many died , much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man , Jesus Christ , abound to the many . 16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned ; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation , but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification . 17 For if by the transgression of the one , death reigned through the one , much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One , Jesus Christ . 18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men , even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men . 19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners , even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous . 20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase ; but where sin increased , grace abounded all the more , 21 so that, as sin reigned in death , even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord .