Jehoshaphat was afraid so he resolved to seek Adonai, and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Psalm 56:4 - Tree of Life Version In a day when I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In God I will praise his word, In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, and confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me? American Standard Version (1901) In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? Common English Bible in God, whose word I praise. I trust in God; I won’t be afraid. What can mere flesh do to me? Catholic Public Domain Version He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, |
Jehoshaphat was afraid so he resolved to seek Adonai, and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Judah assembled to seek help from Adonai; indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Adonai.
Truth is the essence of Your word, and all Your righteous rulings are eternal.
“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, now will I arise,” says Adonai. “I will put him in the safe place— he pants for it.”
I bow down toward Your holy Temple and praise Your Name for Your love and Your faithfulness. For You—magnified above all Your Name and Your word.
Of David. Adonai is my light and my salvation: whom should I fear? Adonai is the stronghold of my life: whom should I dread?
Now Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh, not spirit. When Adonai stretches out His hand, both he who helps will stumble and he who is helped will fall, and both will perish together.
Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the Word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
so that with confidence we say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What will man do to me?”
So David was in a serious bind, for the troops were calling for his stoning, for all the troops were bitter of soul, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Adonai his God.