Book 2.3: Jehovah is our Merciful Savior and Protector

Complement    Part 1: Jehovah is our Merciful Savior

Opposite   Chapter 1.1: The saint pleads for mercy from Jehovah (Psalm 123)

¹Unto you do I lift up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes wait upon Jehovah our God, until he has mercy upon us.

³Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Opposite   Chapter 1.2: The saint humbles himself before Jehovah (Psalm 131)

¹Jehovah, my heart is not arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;

neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

²Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother;

my soul is even as a weaned child.

³Let Israel hope in Jehovah from henceforth and forever.

 

 

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Complement    Chapter 1.3: The saint waits upon God for deliverance (Psalm 62)

§Unique   Introduction: God is my Rock, my salvation, and my defense; I shall not be greatly moved

¹Truly my soul waits upon God; from him comes my salvation.

²He only is my Rock and my salvation.

He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

§Complement   Body: Wait only upon God; He is my salvation and my glory

³How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall be slain all of you; as a bowing wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence. ⁴They only consult to cast him down from his excellence; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

⁵My soul, wait only upon God: for my expectation is from him. ⁶He only is my Rock and my deliverance. He is my defense; I shall not be moved.

⁷In God is my salvation and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁹Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

§Complement   Conclusion: Trust not in oppression or robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them

¹⁰Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery.

If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

¹¹God has spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God. ¹²Also to you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work.

Complement    Chapter 1.4: The saint trusts in Jehovah for protection (Psalm 141)

§Unique   Introduction: Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense, my hands as the evening sacrifice

¹Jehovah, I cry unto you; make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry unto you.

²Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense;

the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

§Complement   Body: Let the righteous smite me, and let him reprove me: it shall be a kindness and an excellent oil

³Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; guard the door of my lips. ⁴Let not my heart incline to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their expensive food.

⁵Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness;

and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

⁶When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words: for they are sweet.

⁷Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one plows and breaks up the earth.

§Complement   Conclusion: Lord Jehovah, in you is my trust; protect me from the snares and traps of the workers of iniquity

⁸But my eyes look unto you, O Lord Jehovah; in you is my trust; do not leave my soul destitute.

⁹Protect me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape safely.

Unique   Chapter 1.5: The saint waits for Jehovah and hopes in his Word (Psalm 130)

§Complement   Introduction: Lord, hear my voice; let your ears be attentive to my supplications

¹Out of the depths have I cried to you, O Jehovah.

²Lord, hear my voice;

let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

§Complement   Body: I wait for Jehovah; and in his Word do I hope

³If you, Jehovah, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.

⁵I wait for Jehovah.

My soul waits; and in his Word do I hope.

⁶My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; more, I say, than they that watch for the morning.

§Unique   Conclusion: Let Israel hope in Jehovah: for with Him there is mercy and abundant redemption

⁷Let Israel hope in Jehovah:

for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.

⁸And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

 

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Complement   Part 2: Jehovah is our Protector

Opposite   Chapter 2.1: The home of the one that fears Jehovah will be blessed (Psalm 128)

¹Blessed is every one that fears Jehovah, that walks in his ways.

²For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

³Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.

⁴Behold, this is how the man shall be blessed who fears Jehovah: ⁵“Jehovah bless you out of Zion! And may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life; 6moreover, may you see your children’s children.”

Peace upon Israel!

Opposite   Chapter 2.2: The protection of Jehovah brings blessing in the home (Psalm 127)

¹Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain that build it; unless Jehovah protects the city, the watchman awakens, but in vain.

²It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.

³Lo, children are an inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one’s youth.

⁵Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

 

 

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Complement    Chapter 2.3: Jehovah is your Protector (Psalm 121)

§Unique   Introduction: My help comes from Jehovah, who made Heaven and Earth

¹I will lift up my eyes to the hills.

Where does my help comes from?

²My help is from Jehovah, who made Heaven and earth.

§Complement   Body: He that protects you and Israel will not slumber nor sleep

³He will not allow your foot to be moved.

He that protects you will not slumber;

⁴behold, he that protects Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵Jehovah is your protector.

Jehovah is your shade upon your right hand: ⁶the sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.

§Complement   Conclusion: Jehovah shall preserve you from evil; He shall preserve your soul

⁷Jehovah shall preserve you from all evil;

he shall preserve your soul.

⁸Jehovah shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

Complement   Chapter 2.4: Jehovah is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)

§Unique   Introduction: Jehovah makes me to lie down in tender green grass, and leads me beside the waters of rest

¹Jehovah is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

²He makes me to lie down in pastures of tender green grass;

he leads me beside the waters of rest.

§Complement   Body: Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil

³He restores my soul.

He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake.

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me.

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

§Complement   Conclusion: You anoint my head with oil; my cup is running over

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup is running over.

⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the House of Jehovah forever.

Unique    Chapter 2.5: Jehovah makes me dwell in safety (Psalm 4)

§Complement   Introduction: You have enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer

¹Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness.

You have enlarged me when I was in distress.

Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

§Complement   Body: Know that Jehovah has set apart him that is godly for Himself; Jehovah will hear when I call

²O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after lying? Selah.

³But know that Jehovah has set apart him that is godly for himself; Jehovah will hear when I call to him.

⁴Tremble in awe, and sin not;

commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

⁵Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in Jehovah.

§Unique   Conclusion: You have put gladness in my heart; I will lay down in peace and sleep

⁶There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Jehovah, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

⁷You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

⁸I will both lay down in peace, and sleep. For only you, Jehovah, make me to dwell in safety.

 

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