Ezr 8:31, Psa 18:47, 66:12, 118:10-13, 124:1-3, 8, 2Cor 1:8-10 | ESV | STEP | Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month , to go to Jerusalem . The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way .

Ezra 8:31

31 Then we departed from the river Ahava ^aon the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. ^bThe hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.

Psalms 18:47

47 the God who gave me vengeance
and ^csubdued peoples under me,

Psalms 66:12

12 you let men ^dride over our heads;
we went through fire and through ^ewater;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

Psalms 118:10-13

10 ^fAll nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 ^gThey surrounded me like bees;
they went out like ^ha fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
13 I was ⁱpushed hard, ^{▼▼Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard} so that I was falling,
but the Lord helped me.

Psalms 124:1-3

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of ^kAscents. Of David.

1 ^lIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
^mlet Israel now say—
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
3 then they would have ⁿswallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;

Psalms 124:8

8 ^oOur help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} of ^qthe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^rrely not on ourselves ^sbut on God ^twho raises the dead. 10 ^uHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. ^vOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.