Psa 18:1-3, 31:19, 36:7-9, Isa 64:4, 1Cor 2:9, 1Jo 3:1, 16, 4:9-10 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . A Psalm of David , the servant of the Lord , who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies , and from the hand of Saul . He said : I love you, O Lord , my strength .

ag[See ver. 9 above]

Psalms 18:1-3

The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, ^athe servant of the Lord, ^bwho addressed the words of this ^csong to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my ^drock and my ^efortress and my deliverer,
my God, my ^frock, in ^gwhom I take refuge,
my ^hshield, and ⁱthe horn of my salvation, my ^jstronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is ^kworthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.

Psalms 31:19

19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
^lin the sight of the children of mankind!

Psalms 36:7-9

7 ^mHow precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge ⁿin the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on ^othe abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from ^pthe river of ^qyour delights.
9 For with you is ^rthe fountain of life;
^sin your light do we see light.

Isaiah 64:4

4 ^tFrom of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
^uno eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

9 But, as it is written,

^v“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has ^wprepared ^xfor those who love him”—

1 John 3:1

1 See ^ywhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^zchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^aathe world does not know us is that ^abit did not know him.

1 John 3:16

16 By this we know love, that ^ache laid down his life for us, and ^adwe ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:9-10

9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^aeGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, ^afnot that we have loved God ^agbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^ahthe propitiation for our sins.