And Judah looked back, and behold, the battle [was] against them, ahead and behind. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with You to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in You, and in Your name we have come up against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against You.

And Pharaoh approached, and the children of Israel, having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them. And they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord,

Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.

Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him while I live.

Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

who delivered us from so great a death, and is delivering [us]; in whom we trust that He will still deliver [us],

And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock, and against the Meunites.

The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, and will deliver them.

For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.

If the Lord had not helped me, my soul would soon have sojourned in Hades.

I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall; but the Lord helped me.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying,

Blessed [be] the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

[Turn] not [away], I pray, O Lord, but let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name, and prosper Your servant this day, and cause him to find mercy in the sight of this man (For I was the king's cupbearer).

[ 16:5A] The beginning of a good way is to do justly, and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: He turns it wherever He wishes.