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Psalm 34:7
The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
9Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
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A camp around those who fear YHWH pictures protection close at hand, even as the surrounding verses speak of trouble and cries for help.
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Psalm 91:11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.Both passages describe angelic protection from God, with encamping around his people in one and guarding their ways in the other.
Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O …Daniel recounts rescue through God’s angel, sharing the psalm’s thread of angelic help and deliverance from danger.
Job 1:10Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance …The camp and the hedge both picture protection surrounding people, though Job’s passage also describes protection around possessions.
Hebrews 1:14Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?Both passages describe heavenly servants helping people, with the psalm naming deliverance and Hebrews describing service to those who will inherit salvation.
2 Kings 19:35That night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, …Both passages present the LORD’s angel acting amid danger; Kings recounts the killing of Assyrian soldiers, while the psalm speaks of deliverance.
2 Kings 6:17Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, please open his eyes, that he may see.” the LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of …Both passages picture heavenly protection surrounding someone, with the psalm naming an angel and Elisha’s account describing horses and chariots of fire.
Genesis 32:1–2Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Both passages mention God’s angels near people, though the supplied Genesis verse describes a meeting without naming protection or deliverance.
Matthew 18:10See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.Both passages associate angels with people under God’s care, though Matthew emphasizes their access to the Father rather than acts of rescue.
Zechariah 9:8I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with …Both passages use encamping around something as a picture of protection, with Zechariah naming God’s defense of his house against an army.
Luke 16:22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.Angels act on behalf of people in both passages, though Luke describes care after death rather than rescue from danger.
Matthew 4:6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they …Both texts contain words about angelic protection, though Matthew presents those words within a challenge to throw oneself down.
Psalm 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.Both psalms picture God’s people surrounded by protection, using an angel’s camp in one and the mountains around Jerusalem in the other.
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Fear for the future. anxiety or panic.
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Trouble is part of the setting of this promise. Those who fear YHWH have help beyond their own strength: his angel encamps around them and delivers them.
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