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PSALM 124 - Shielded 5 Mar 2020

God protects me. In many ways. Although David may speak about a war, the Church Fathers believe that psalm 124 may apply to protection against sin.

Not easy to See

Whether it is against physical danger or against sin, in both cases I can not easily see how God protects me. I do however believe that I have an enemy, Satan. I also believe that Jesus is my redeemer. He shields and protect me.

Psalm 124

1 [Song of Ascents. Of David]
If Yahweh had not been on our side
-- let Israel repeat it --
2 if Yahweh had not been on our side
when people attacked us,
3 they would have swallowed us alive
in the heat of their anger.
4 Then water was washing us away,
a torrent running right over us;
5 running right over us then
were turbulent waters.
6 Blessed be Yahweh
for not letting us fall a prey to their teeth!
7 We escaped like a bird from the fowlers' net.
The net was broken and we escaped;
8 our help is in the name of Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.

Excerpt from THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1985 by
Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division
of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.

A Shield / roof above my head.