The LORDis your keeper;The LORDis your shadeon your righthand.
For He standsat the righthandof the needy,To savehim from those who judgehis soul.
I have setthe LORDcontinuallybeforeme; BecauseHe is at my righthand,I will not be shaken.
He who dwellsin the shelterof the MostHighWill abidein the shadowof the Almighty.
The LORDwas goingbeforethem in a pillarof cloudby dayto leadthem on the way,and in a pillarof fireby nightto givethem light,that they might travelby dayand by night.
For You have beena defensefor the helpless,A defensefor the needyin his distress,A refugefrom the storm,a shadefrom the heat;For the breathof the ruthlessIs like a [rain] storm[against] a wall.
Eachwill be like a refugefrom the windAnd a shelterfrom the storm,Like streamsof waterin a drycountry,Like the shadeof a hugerockin a parchedland.
"Jerusalem,Jerusalem,who killsthe prophetsand stonesthosewho are sentto her! How oftenI wantedto gatheryour childrentogether,the waya hengathersher chicksunderher wings,and you were unwilling.
