Memorizing Bible verses was something I was taught when I was in my early twenty's. The tools useful to keep my mind stayed in good and healthy places. When I was a young girl I heard
Psalm 121 read in the movie from 1959
'The Diary of Anne Frank' when the Frank family along with other Jews were hiding from the Nazi's above a factory. It was one of the first times when I saw how it was to cling to hope and promise via a verse in very present trouble. I learned Ps 121 a long time ago and the thought has stayed with me all these years . Today I am learning Psalm 91. I am up to verse 11 today. So many versions of this movie... I think I might watch
this one with Ben Kingsley
My Refuge and My Fortress
Psalm 91
She who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the
Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will
ifind refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the
Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because
she holds fast to me in love, I will deliver
her;
I will protect
her, because
she knows my name.
15 When
she calls to me, I will answer
her;
I will be with
her in trouble;
I will rescue
her and honor her.
16 With long life I will satisfy
her
and show
her my salvation.”
