The LORD saves the righteous and protects them in times of trouble.

He helps them and rescues them; he saves them from the wicked, because they go to him for protection.

You can get horses ready for battle, but it is the LORD who gives victory.

"I alone am the LORD, the only one who can save you.

Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the LORD, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.

"Turn to me now and be saved, people all over the world! I am the only God there is.

We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the LORD our God.

The LORD says, "I am the LORD your God, who led you out of Egypt. You have no God but me. I alone am your savior.

But I will sing praises to you; I will offer you a sacrifice and do what I have promised. Salvation comes from the LORD!"

Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us."

They called out in a loud voice: "Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb!"

After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a large crowd of people in heaven, saying, "Praise God! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God!

The LORD gives strength to his people and blesses them with peace.

May the king's name never be forgotten; may his fame last as long as the sun. May all nations ask God to bless them as he has blessed the king.

And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.

He said, "I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants."

Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.