The LORDwill guardyour goingout and your comingin From thistimeforth and forever.
"Blessed[shall] you [be] when you comein, and blessed[shall] you [be] when you goout.
Guardingthe pathsof justice,And He preservesthe wayof His godlyones.
In allyour waysacknowledgeHim, And He will makeyour pathsstraight.
Blessedbe the nameof the LORDFrom thistimeforth and forever.
Then we journeyedfrom the riverAhavaon the twelfthof the firstmonthto goto Jerusalem;and the handof our Godwas overus, and He deliveredus from the handof the enemyand the ambushesby the way.
But as for us, we will blessthe LORDFrom thistimeforth and forever.Praisethe LORD!
Then I proclaimeda fastthereat the riverof Ahava,that we might humbleourselves beforeour Godto seekfrom Him a safejourneyfor us, our littleones,and allour possessions.
"Previously,when Saulwas kingoverus, you were the one who ledIsraelout and in. And the LORDsaidto you, 'You will shepherdMy peopleIsrael,and you will be a ruleroverIsrael.'"
"Cursed[shall] you [be] when you comein, and cursed[shall] you [be] when you goout.
As the mountainssurroundJerusalem,So the LORDsurroundsHis peopleFrom thistimeforth and forever.
O Israel,hopein the LORDFrom thistimeforth and forever.
