Thou hast beset me behind and before,\par\tab And laid thy hand upon me.
The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him,\par\tab And delivereth them.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand upon me, saying, {\cf6 Fear not; I am the first and the last,
There is no umpire betwixt us,\par\tab That might lay his hand upon us both.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.