"And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

The LORD will not allow the righteous soul to famish, But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

He will dwell on high; His place of defense [will be] the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water [will be] sure.

Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls --

None [of them] can by any means redeem [his] brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him --

"I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.

Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, In this I [will be] confident.

"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.