Listen to Me, My people; and give ear to Me, O My nation; for a law shall go out from Me, and I will make My justice to rest for a light of the people.

And I have put My Words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, You are My people.

But this is what I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says Jehovah.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in secure dwellings and in quiet resting places,

though it hails upon the forest, and the city is laid low.

And Jehovah said to Noah, Come into the ark, you and all your house, for I have seen you as being righteous before Me in this generation.

So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

For Jehovah will pass through to strike Egypt; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, Jehovah will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from distress; You shall enclose me with shouts of deliverance. Selah.

He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous one runs into it and is safe.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them throughout the earth, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the lands where they have gone.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Keep me as the pupil of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

For in the time of evil He shall hide me in His den, in the secrecy of His tent He shall hide me; He shall lift me up upon a rock.

You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the snares of man; You shall hide them in a shelter away from the strife of tongues.

Rescue me, O Jehovah, from my enemies; in You I have taken cover.

For a brief moment I have left you; but with great mercies I will gather you.

In overflowing wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy upon you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.

For His anger is but for a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] i0 par Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusts in You. Yea, in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities pass by.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is achieving for us a surpassing and eternal weight of glory,