You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.—Psalm 119:14
Father...
You are my hiding place. You preserve me from trouble and encompass me with songs of deliverance. I dwell in the secret place of the most High God and abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress...my God...in HIM I will trust. A Man is my covert from the tempest...He is to me as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. The lifter of my head is the LORD. He gives grace and He gives glory. No good thing will He who withhold from those who walk uprightly.
I will wait for You, O LORD, as one who waits for the morning. I will hope in Your precious, unchanging word. Your word has never failed me. It has been my song and my sustaining grace throughout my earthly pilgrimage. You Yourself have, through grace, given me everlasting consolation and good hope. You, my God, are able to make all grace abound toward me in order that I may always have complete sufficiency in everything and an abundance for every good work and act of charity.
In You and You alone am I self-sufficient.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.—Romans 15:13
