O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Nahum 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him. [Ps. 1:6; Hos. 13:5; John 10:14, 27.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him. Common English Bible The LORD is good, a haven in a day of distress. He acknowledges those who take refuge in him. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord is good and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him. |
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
and when they received help against them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty because they trusted in him.
Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the people of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Is not Hezekiah misleading you, handing you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?
And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in disgrace to his own land. When he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.
With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
and they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people responded with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.
for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in him.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,
Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God.
The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord—
He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to, for he said, ‘I am God’s Son.’ ”
Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles? How can you want to be enslaved to them again?
But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”