...I [Ezra] gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled. For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.” So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer... We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19 and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way. So we arrived safely...
Ezra 8:21-23, 31-32 (NLT)
But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalm 3:3 (WEB)
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
Psalm 4:8 (WEB)
I love you, God—you make me strong. God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.
Psalm 18:1-2 (The Message)
How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.
Psalm 31:19 (NLT)
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Psalm 32:7 (WEB)
But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
Psalm 59:16 (WEB)
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:5-6 (NLT)
God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
Psalm 68:20 (WEB)
This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
Psalm 91:2-3 (NLT)
For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
Psalm 91:11 (WEB)
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Psalm 125:1-2 (KJV)
that he [God] may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
Proverbs 2:8 (WEB)
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 18:10 (KJV)
Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Proverbs 30:5 (WEB)
He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.
Micah 5:4 (NIV)
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 (WEB)