Job 5:20
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In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.