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They said to one another: "Here comes that
master dreamer! Come on, let us kill him and throw him into one of
the cisterns here; we could say that a wild beast devoured him. We
shall then see what comes of his dreams." When Reuben heard
this, he tried to save him from their hands, saying: "We must
not take his life. Instead of shedding blood," he continued,
"just throw him into that cistern there in the desert; but
don't kill him outright." His purpose was to rescue him from
their hands and restore him to his father. [GEN 37:19-22]
When the LORD saw him coming over to look at it
more closely, God called out to him from the bush, "Moses!
Moses!" He answered, "Here I am." God said,
"Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy ground. I am the God of your
father," he continued, "the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, for he was
afraid to look at God. But the LORD said, "I have witnessed
the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of
complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they
are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the
hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good
and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the country
of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites. So indeed the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and
I have truly noted that the Egyptians are oppressing them. Come,
now! I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people, the Israelites,
out of Egypt." [EX 3:4-10]
When, therefore, they left Pharaoh and came upon
Moses and Aaron, who were waiting to meet them, they said to them,
"The LORD look upon you and judge! You have brought us into
bad odor with Pharaoh and his servants and have put a sword in
their hands to slay us." Moses again had recourse to the LORD
and said, "Lord, why do you treat this people so badly? And
why did you send me on such a mission? Ever since I went to
Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has maltreated this people of
yours, and you have done nothing to rescue them." [EX 5:20-23]
God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. As
God the Almighty I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but my
name, LORD, I did not make known to them. I also established my
covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in
which they were living as aliens. And now that I have heard the
groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are treating as
slaves, I am mindful of my covenant. Therefore, say to the
Israelites: I am the LORD. I will free you from the forced labor
of the Egyptians and will deliver you from their slavery. I will
rescue you by my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of
judgment. I will take you as my own people, and you shall have me
as your God. You will know that I, the LORD, am your God when I
free you from the labor of the Egyptians and bring you into the
land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will
give it to you as your own possession - I, the LORD!" [EX 6:2-8]
Now Moses' father-in-law Jethro, the priest of
Midian, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his
people Israel: how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. So
his father-in-law Jethro took along Zipporah, Moses' wife, whom
Moses had sent back to him, and her two sons. One of these was
called Gershom; for he said, "I am a stranger in a foreign
land." The other was called Eliezer; for he said, "My
father's God is my helper; he has rescued me from Pharaoh's
sword." [EX 18:1-4]
Moses then told his father-in-law of all that
the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of
Israel, and of all the hardships they had had to endure on their
journey, and how the LORD had come to their rescue. Jethro
rejoiced over all the goodness that the LORD had shown Israel in
rescuing them from the hands of the Egyptians. "Blessed be
the LORD," he said, "who has rescued his people from the
hands of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD is a
deity great beyond any other; for he took occasion of their being
dealt with insolently to deliver the people from the power of the
Egyptians." [EX 18:8-11]
"Learn then that I, I alone, am God, and
there is no god besides me. It is I who bring both death and life,
I who inflict wounds and heal them, and from my hand there is no
rescue." [DEUT 32:39]
Because the Israelites had offended the LORD by
forgetting the LORD, their God, and serving the Baals and the
Asherahs, the anger of the LORD flared up against them, and he
allowed them to fall into the power of Cushan-rishathaim, king of
Aram Naharaim, whom they served for eight years. But when the
Israelites cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a savior,
Othniel, son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz, who rescued them. [JUDG
3:7-9]
After him there was Shamgar, son of Anath... He, too, rescued
Israel. [Taken from JUDG 3:31]
When Israel cried out to the LORD because of
Midian, he sent a prophet to the Israelites who said to them,
"The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I led you up from Egypt;
I brought you out of the place of slavery. I rescued you from the
power of Egypt and of all your other oppressors. I drove them out
before you and gave you their land. And I said to you: I, the
LORD, am your God; you shall not venerate the gods of the Amorites
in whose land you are dwelling. But you did not obey me." [JUDG
6:7-10]
The Israelites then said to Gideon, "Rule over
us - you, your son, and your son's son - for you rescued us from the power of Midian."
But Gideon answered them, "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you. The LORD must rule over you."
[JUDG 8:22-23]
Jephthah answered them, "My soldiers and I were engaged in a critical contest with the Ammonites. I summoned you, but you did not rescue me from their power. When I saw that you would not effect a rescue, I took my life in my own hand and went on to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my power. Why, then, do you come up against me this day to fight with me?"
[Taken from JUDG 12:2-3]
The elders of Jabesh said to him: "Give us seven days to send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If no one rescues us, we will surrender to you." When the messengers arrived at Gibeah of Saul, they related the news to the people, all of whom wept aloud.
[Taken from 1SAM 11:3-4]
To the messengers who had come he said, "Tell the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead that tomorrow, while the sun is hot, they will be rescued." The messengers came and reported this to the inhabitants of Jabesh, who were jubilant, and said to Nahash, "Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you may do whatever you please with us."
[1SAM 11:9-10]
But the army said to Saul: "Is Jonathan to
die, though it was he who brought Israel this great victory? This
must not be! As the LORD lives, not a single hair of his head
shall fall to the ground, for God was with him in what he did
today!" Thus the soldiers were able to rescue Jonathan from
death. [1SAM 14:45]
David received information that the Philistines were attacking Keilah and plundering the threshing floors. So he consulted the LORD, inquiring, "Shall I go and defeat these Philistines?" The LORD answered, "Go, for you will defeat the Philistines and rescue Keilah."
[1SAM 23:1-2]
Now David found himself in great difficulty, for
the men spoke of stoning him, so bitter were they over the fate of
their sons and daughters. But with renewed trust in the LORD his
God, David said to Abiathar, the priest, son of Ahimelech,
"Bring me the ephod!" When Abiathar brought him the
ephod, David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I pursue these
raiders? Can I overtake them?" The LORD answered him,
"Go in pursuit, for you shall surely overtake them and effect
a rescue." [1SAM 30:6-8]
Then Nathan said to David: "You are the
man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I anointed you king of
Israel. I rescued you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your
lord's house and your lord's wives for your own. I gave you the
house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were not enough, I could
count up for you still more. Why have you spurned the LORD and
done evil in his sight? You have cut down Uriah the Hittite with
the sword; you took his wife as your own, and him you killed with
the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword shall never
depart from your house, because you have despised me and have
taken the wife of Uriah to be your wife.' Thus says the LORD: 'I
will bring evil upon you out of your own house. I will take your
wives while you live to see it, and will give them to your
neighbor. He shall lie with your wives in broad daylight. You have
done this deed in secret, but I will bring it about in the
presence of all Israel, and with the sun looking down.'" [2SAM
12:7-12]
So the king stepped out and sat at the gate.
When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the
gate, they came into his presence. Now the Israelites had fled to
their separate tents, but throughout the tribes of Israel all the
people were arguing among themselves, saying to one another:
"The king delivered us from the clutches of our enemies, and
it was he who rescued us from the grip of the Philistines. But now
he has fled from the country before Absalom, and Absalom, whom we
anointed over us, died in battle. Why, then, should you remain
silent about restoring the king to his palace?" [Taken from
2SAM 19:9-11]
David sang the words of this song to the LORD
when the LORD had rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies
and from the hand of Saul. This is what he sang: "O LORD, my
rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my rock of refuge! My
shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, my
savior, from violence you keep me safe. 'Praised be the LORD,' I
exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies. The breakers of
death surged round about me, the floods of perdition overwhelmed
me; The cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death
overtook me. In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out
to my God; From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry reached
his ears..." [Taken from 2SAM 22:1-7]
"He reached out from on high and grasped
me; he drew me out of the deep waters. He rescued me from my
mighty enemy, from my foes, who were too powerful for me. They
attacked me on my day of calamity, but the LORD came to my
support. He set me free in the open, and rescued me, because he
loves me." [Taken from 2SAM 22:17-20]
"You rescued me from the strife of my
people; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known
became my slaves; as soon as they heard me, they obeyed. The
foreigners fawned and cringed before me; they staggered forth from
their fortresses." "The LORD live! And blessed be my
Rock! Extolled be my God, rock of my salvation. O God, who granted
me vengeance, who made peoples subject to me and helped me escape
from my enemies, above my adversaries you exalt me and from the
violent man you rescue me. Therefore will I proclaim you, O LORD,
among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name, You who
gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your
anointed, to David and his posterity forever." [Taken from
2SAM 22:44-51]
At the same time the king of Edom recovered Elath for Edom, driving the Judeans out of it. The Edomites then entered Elath, which they have occupied until the present. Meanwhile, Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, with the plea: "I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the clutches of the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me."
[2KGS 16:6-7]
In those days, when Hezekiah was mortally ill,
the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: "Thus
says the LORD: 'Put your house in order, for you are about to die;
you shall not recover.'" He turned his face to the wall and
prayed to the LORD: "O LORD, remember how faithfully and
wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was
pleasing to you!" And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Before Isaiah
had left the central courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him:
"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'Thus
says the LORD, the God of your forefather David: I have heard your
prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you. In three days you
shall go up to the LORD'S temple; I will add fifteen years to your
life. I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of
Assyria; I will be a shield to this city for my own sake, and for
the sake of my servant David.'" [2KGS 20:1-6]
Then Judith said to them: "Listen to me! I
will do something that will go down from generation to generation
among the descendants of our race. Stand at the gate tonight to
let me pass through with my maid; and within the days you have
specified before you will surrender the city to our enemies, the
Lord will rescue Israel by my hand. You must not inquire into what
I am doing, for I will not tell you until my plan has been
accomplished." [Taken from JDTH 8:32-34]
The Gentiles in Gilead assembled to attack and
destroy the Israelites who were in their territory; these then
fled to the stronghold of Dathema. They sent a letter to Judas and
his brothers saying: "The Gentiles around us have combined
against us to destroy us, and they are preparing to come and seize
this stronghold to which we have fled. Timothy is the leader of
their army. Come at once and rescue us from them, for many of us
have fallen. All our kinsmen who were among the Tobiads have been
killed; the Gentiles have carried away their wives and children
and their goods, and they have slain there about a thousand
men." While they were reading this letter, suddenly other
messengers, in torn clothes, arrived from Galilee to deliver a
similar message: that the inhabitants of Ptolemais, Tyre, and
Sidon, and the whole of Gentile Galilee had joined forces to
destroy them. When Judas and the people heard this, a great
assembly convened to consider what they should do for their
unfortunate kinsmen who were being attacked by enemies. [1MACC 5:9-16]
Judas said to his brother Simon: "Choose
men for yourself, and go, rescue your kinsmen in Galilee; I and my
brother Jonathan will go to Gilead." [1MACC 5:17]
We trust in God, that he will soon have mercy on
us and gather us together from everywhere under the heavens to his
holy Place, for he has rescued us from great perils and has
purified his Place. [Taken from 2MACC 2:18]
Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation
slays the simpleton. I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but
his household suddenly decayed. His children shall be far from
safety; they shall be crushed at the gate without a rescuer. [JOB
5:2-4]
Whoever heard of me blessed me; those who saw me
commended me. For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, the
orphans, and the unassisted; The blessing of those in extremity
came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made joyful. I wore my
honesty like a garment; justice was my robe and my turban. [JOB
29:11-14]
Turn, LORD, save my life; in your mercy rescue
me. [PS 6:5]
LORD my God, in you I take refuge; rescue me;
save me from all who pursue me [Taken from PS 7:2]
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why
so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish? My God, I
call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no
relief. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory
of Israel. In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you
rescued them. To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they
trusted and were not disappointed. But I am a worm, hardly human,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock
me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:
"You relied on the LORD - let him deliver you; if he loves
you, let him rescue you." Yet you drew me forth from the
womb, made me safe at my mother's breast. Upon you I was thrust
from the womb; since birth you are my God. Do not stay far from
me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help... Like water my life
drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax,
it melts away within me. As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my
tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death. Many
dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted
are my hands and feet that I can count all my bones. They stare at
me and gloat; they divide my garments among them; for my clothing
they cast lots. But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength,
come quickly to help me. [Taken from PS 22:2-12,15-20]
Look upon me, have pity on me, for I am alone
and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart; bring me out of
my distress. Put an end to my affliction and suffering; take away
all my sins. See how many are my enemies, see how fiercely they
hate me. Preserve my life and rescue me; do not let me be
disgraced, for I trust in you. Let honesty and virtue preserve me;
I wait for you, O LORD. Redeem Israel, God, from all its distress!
[PS 25:16-22]
In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put
to shame. In your justice deliver me; incline your ear to me; make
haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
[PS 31:2-3]
I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are
all around me. They conspire against me; they plot to take my
life. But I trust in you, LORD; I say, "You are my God."
My times are in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the
hands of my pursuers. Let your face shine on your servant; save me
in your kindness. Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called
to you, LORD. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in
Sheol. Strike dumb their lying lips, proud lips that attack the
just in contempt and scorn. [PS 31:14-19]
The LORD has eyes for the just and ears for
their cry. The LORD'S face is against evildoers to wipe out their
memory from the earth. When the just cry out, the LORD hears and
rescues them from all distress. The LORD is close to the
brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed. Many are the
troubles of the just, but the LORD delivers from them all. God
watches over all their bones; not a one shall be broken. [PS
34:16-21]
Without cause they set their snare for me;
without cause they dug a pit for me. Let ruin overtake them
unawares; let the snare they have set catch them; let them fall
into the pit they have dug. Then I will rejoice in the LORD, exult
in God's salvation. My very bones shall say, "O LORD, who is
like you, who rescue(s) the afflicted from the powerful, the afflicted and needy from the despoiler?"
[Taken from PS 35:7-10]
The salvation of the just is from the LORD, their refuge in time of distress.
The LORD helps and rescues them, rescues and saves them from the wicked, because in God they take refuge.
[PS 37:39-40]
LORD, graciously rescue me! Come quickly to help
me, LORD! Put to shame and confound all who seek to take my life.
Turn back in disgrace those who desire my ruin. Let those who say
"Aha!" know dismay and shame. But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you. May those who long for your help
always say, "The LORD be glorified." Though I am
afflicted and poor, the Lord keeps me in mind. You are my help and
deliverer; my God, do not delay! [PS 40:14-18]
Grant me justice, God; defend me from a
faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me. [PS
43:1]
"Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High. Then call on me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me."
[Taken from PS 50:14-15]
"Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one to rescue. Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will show the salvation of God."
[PS
50:22-23]
Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that
my tongue may praise your healing power. [PS 51:16]
Rescue me from my enemies, my God; lift me out
of reach of my foes. Deliver me from evildoers; from the
bloodthirsty save me. They have set an ambush for my life; the
powerful conspire against me. For no offense or misdeed of mine,
LORD, for no fault they hurry to take up arms. Come near and see
my plight! [PS 59:2-5]
God, in your great kindness answer me with your constant
help. Rescue me from the mire; do not let me sink. Rescue me from
my enemies and from the watery depths. Do not let the floodwaters
overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me, nor the mouth of the pit
close over me. Answer me, LORD, in your generous love; in your
great mercy turn to me. Do not hide your face from your servant;
in my distress hasten to answer me. Come and ransom my life;
because of my enemies redeem me. You know my reproach, my shame,
my disgrace; before you stand all my foes. Insult has broken my
heart, and I am weak; I looked for compassion, but there was none,
for comforters, but found none. Instead they put gall in my food;
for my thirst they gave me vinegar. [Taken from PS 69:14-22]
God will rescue Zion, rebuild the cities of Judah.
God's servants shall dwell in the land and possess it; it shall be the heritage of their descendants; those who love God's name shall dwell there.
[PS 69:36-37]
Graciously rescue me, God! Come quickly to help
me, LORD! Confound and put to shame those who seek my life. Turn
back in disgrace those who desire my ruin. Let those who say
"Aha!" turn back in their shame. But may all who seek
you rejoice and be glad in you. May those who long for your help
always say, "God be glorified!" Here I am, afflicted and
poor. God, come quickly! You are my help and deliverer. LORD, do
not delay! [PS 70:2-6]
In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put
to shame. In your justice rescue and deliver me; listen to me and
save me! Be my rock and refuge, my secure stronghold; for you are
my rock and fortress. My God, rescue me from the power of the
wicked, from the clutches of the violent. You are my hope, Lord;
my trust, GOD, from my youth. On you I depend since birth; from my
mother's womb you are my strength; my hope in you never wavers. I
have become a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge! My
mouth shall be filled with your praise, shall sing your glory
every day. Do not cast me aside in my old age; as my strength
fails, do not forsake me. For my enemies speak against me; they
watch and plot against me. They say, "God has abandoned that
one. Pursue, seize the wretch! No one will come to the
rescue!" God, do not stand far from me; my God, hasten to
help me. [PS 71:1-12]
May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to
the ends of the earth. May his foes kneel before him, his enemies
lick the dust. May the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring
tribute, the kings of Arabia and Seba offer gifts. May all kings
bow before him, all nations serve him. For he rescues the poor
when they cry out, the oppressed who have no one to help. He shows
pity to the needy and the poor and saves the lives of the poor.
From extortion and violence he frees them, for precious is their
blood in his sight. [PS 72:8-14]
In distress you called and I rescued you;
unseen, I spoke to you in thunder; At the waters of Meribah I
tested you [Taken from PS 81:8]
"Defend the lowly and fatherless; render justice to the afflicted and needy. Rescue the lowly and poor; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
[Taken from PS 82:3-4]
Your love for me is great; you have rescued me
from the depths of Sheol. [PS 86:13]
The LORD loves those who hate evil, protects the
lives of the faithful, rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
[PS 97:10]
He led them through the deep as through a
desert. He rescued them from hostile hands, freed them from the
power of the enemy. The waters covered their oppressors; not one
of them survived. Then they believed his words and sang songs of
praise. [Taken from PS 106:9-12]
They defiled themselves by their actions, became
adulterers by their conduct. So the LORD grew angry with his
people, abhorred his own heritage. He handed them over to the
nations, and their adversaries ruled them. Their enemies oppressed
them, kept them under subjection. Many times did he rescue them,
but they kept rebelling and scheming and were brought low by their
own guilt. Still God had regard for their affliction when he heard
their wailing. For their sake he remembered his covenant and
relented in his abundant love, winning for them compassion from
all who held them captive. [PS 106:39-46]
Some had lost their way in a barren desert;
found no path toward a city to live in. They were hungry and
thirsty; their life was ebbing away. In their distress they cried
to the LORD, who rescued them in their peril, Guided them by a
direct path so they reached a city to live in. Let them thank the
LORD for such kindness, such wondrous deeds for mere mortals. [PS
107:4-8]
But you, LORD, my God, deal kindly with me for
your name's sake; in your great mercy rescue me. For I am sorely
in need; my heart is pierced within me. [PS 109:21-22]
Look at my affliction and rescue me, for I have
not forgotten your teaching. Take up my cause and redeem me; for
the sake of your promise give me life. [PS 119:153-154]
Let my prayer come before you; rescue me
according to your promise. [PS 119:170]
I look to my right hand, but no friend is there.
There is no escape for me; no one cares for me. I cry out to you,
LORD, I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the
living. Listen to my cry for help, for I am brought very low.
Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. Lead
me out of my prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Then the
just shall gather around me because you have been good to me. [PS
142:5-8]
Hasten to answer me, LORD; for my spirit fails
me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those
descending to the pit. At dawn let me hear of your kindness, for
in you I trust. Show me the path I should walk, for to you I
entrust my life. Rescue me, LORD, from my foes, for in you I hope.
[PS 143:7-9]
Reach out your hand from on high; deliver me
from the many waters; rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.
Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying
oaths. [Taken from PS 144:7-8]
The man of violent temper pays the penalty; even
if you rescue him, you will have it to do again. [PROV 19:19]
Rescue those who are being dragged to death, and
from those tottering to execution withdraw not. [Taken from PROV 24:11]
A friend, a neighbor, are timely guides, but better than either, a prudent wife. A brother, a helper, for times of stress; but better than either, charity that rescues.
[SIRACH 40:23-24]
I turned every way, but there was no one to help
me, I looked for one to sustain me, but could find no one. But
then I remembered the mercies of the LORD, his kindness through
ages past; For he saves those who take refuge in him, and rescues
them from every evil. So I raised my voice from the very earth,
from the gates of the nether world, my cry. I called out: O Lord,
you are my father, you are my champion and my savior; Do not
abandon me in time of trouble, in the midst of storms and dangers.
I will ever praise your name and be constant in my prayers to you.
Thereupon the LORD heard my voice, he listened to my appeal; He
saved me from evil of every kind and preserved me in time of
trouble. For this reason I thank him and I praise him; I bless the
name of the LORD. [SIRACH 51:7-12]
Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel:
Because you reject this word, and put your trust in what is
crooked and devious, and depend on it, this guilt of yours shall
be like a descending rift bulging out in a high wall whose crash
comes suddenly, in an instant. It crashes like a potter's jar
smashed beyond rescue, and among its fragments cannot be found a
sherd to scoop fire from the hearth or dip water from the cistern.
[ISA 30:12-14]
Like hovering birds, so the LORD of hosts shall
shield Jerusalem, to protect and deliver, to spare and rescue it.
[ISA 31:5]
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:
"Go, tell Hezekiah: Thus says the LORD, the God of your
father David: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will
heal you: in three days you shall go up to the LORD'S temple; I
will add fifteen years to your life. I will rescue you and this
city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I will be a shield to
this city." [ISA 38:4-6]
Though it pleased the LORD in his justice to make his law great and glorious,
this is a people despoiled and plundered, all of them trapped in holes, hidden away in prisons.
They are taken as booty, with no one to rescue them, as spoil, with no one to demand their return.
[ISA 42:21-22]
Thus says the Lord GOD: See, I will lift up my
hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; They
shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be
carried on their shoulders. Kings shall be your foster fathers,
their princesses your nurses; Bowing to the ground, they shall
worship you and lick the dust at your feet. Then you shall know
that I am the LORD, and those who hope in me shall never be
disappointed. Thus says the LORD: Can booty be taken from a
warrior? or captives be rescued from a tyrant? Yes, captives can
be taken from a warrior, and booty be rescued from a tyrant; Those
who oppose you I will oppose, and your sons I will save. [ISA 49:22-25]
Thus the LORD answered me: If you repent, so
that I restore you, in my presence you shall stand; If you bring
forth the precious without the vile, you shall be my mouthpiece.
Then it shall be they who turn to you, and you shall not turn to
them; And I will make you toward this people a solid wall of
brass. Though they fight against you, they shall not prevail, for
I am with you, to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD. I will
free you from the hand of the wicked, and rescue you from the
grasp of the violent. [JER 15:19-21]
Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has
rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked! [JER
20:13]
O house of David! Thus says the LORD: Each
morning dispense justice, rescue the oppressed from the hand of
the oppressor, lest my fury break out like fire which burns
without being quenched, because of the evil of your deeds. [JER
21:12]
Thus says the LORD: Do what is right and just.
Rescue the victim from the hand of his oppressor. Do not wrong or
oppress the resident alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not
shed innocent blood in this place. If you carry out these
commands, kings who succeed to the throne of David will continue
to enter the gates of this palace, riding in chariots or mounted
on horses, with their ministers, and their people. But if you do
not obey these commands, I swear by myself, says the LORD: this
palace shall become rubble. [JER 22:3-5]
While Jeremiah was still imprisoned in the
quarters of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him: Go, tell
this to Ebed-melech the Cushite: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel: Behold, I am now fulfilling the words I spoke
against this city, for evil and not for good; and this before your
very eyes. But on that day I will rescue you, says the LORD; you
shall not be handed over to the men of whom you are afraid. I will
make certain that you escape and do not fall by the sword. Your
life shall be spared as booty, because you trusted in me, says the
LORD. [JER 39:15-18]
Do not fear the king of Babylon, before whom you are now afraid; do not fear him, says the LORD, for I am with you to save you, to rescue you from his power. I will grant you mercy, so that he will be sorry for you and let you return to your land.
[Taken from JER 42:11-12]
Our fathers, who sinned, are no more; but we
bear their guilt. Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue
us from their hands. At the peril of our lives we bring in our
sustenance, in the face of the desert heat; Our skin is shriveled
up, as though by a furnace, with the searing blasts of famine. [Taken
from LAM 5:7-10]
Now, son of man, turn toward the daughters of
your people who prophesy their own thoughts; against these,
prophesy: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have disheartened
the upright man with lies when I did not wish him grieved, and
have encouraged the wicked man not to turn from his evil conduct
and save his life; therefore you shall no longer see false visions
and practice divination, but I will rescue my people from your
power. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD. [EZEK 13:17,22-23]
For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look
after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he
finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep.
I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when
it was cloudy and dark. I will lead them out from among the
peoples and gather them from the foreign lands; I will bring them
back to their own country and pasture them upon the mountains of
Israel (in the land's ravines and all its inhabited places). In
good pastures will I pasture them, and on the mountain heights of
Israel shall be their grazing ground. There they shall lie down on
good grazing ground, and in rich pastures shall they be pastured
on the mountains of Israel. I myself will pasture my sheep; I
myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. [Taken from EZEK
34:11-15]
Then Nebuchadnezzar came to the opening of the
white-hot furnace and called to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego:
"Servants of the most high God, come out." Thereupon
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. When the
satraps, prefects, governors, and nobles of the king came
together, they saw that the fire had had no power over the bodies
of these men; not a hair of their heads had been singed, nor were
their garments altered; there was not even a smell of fire about
them. Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the
servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and
yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except
their own God... For there
is no other God who can rescue like this." [Taken from DAN 3:93-96]
Even after Daniel heard that this law had been
signed, he continued his custom of going home to kneel in prayer
and give thanks to his God in the upper chamber three times a day,
with the windows open toward Jerusalem. So these men rushed in and
found Daniel praying and pleading before his God. Then they went
to remind the king about the prohibition: "Did you not
decree, O king, that no one is to address a petition to god or man
for thirty days, except to you, O king; otherwise he shall be cast
into a den of lions?" The king answered them, "The
decree is absolute, irrevocable under the Mede and Persian
law." To this they replied, "Daniel, the Jewish exile,
has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the decree you issued;
three times a day he offers his prayer." The king was deeply
grieved at this news and he made up his mind to save Daniel; he
worked till sunset to rescue him. But these men insisted.
"Keep in mind, O king," they said, "that under the
Mede and Persian law every royal prohibition or decree is
irrevocable." So the king ordered Daniel to be brought and
cast into the lions' den. To Daniel he said, "May your God,
whom you serve so constantly, save you." [DAN 6:11-17]
Your destruction, O Israel! who is there to help
you? Where now is your king, that he may rescue you in all your
cities? And your rulers, of whom you said, "Give me a king
and princes"? I give you a king in my anger, and I take him
away in my wrath. The guilt of Israel is wrapped up, his sin is
stored away. [Taken from HOSEA 13:9-12]
And I will work wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
blood, fire, and columns of smoke; The sun will be turned to
darkness, and the moon to blood, at the coming of the Day of the
LORD, the great and terrible day. Then everyone shall be rescued
who calls on the name of the LORD; For on Mount Zion there shall
be a remnant, as the LORD has said, and in Jerusalem survivors
whom the LORD shall call. [Taken from JOEL 3:3-5]
Writhe in pain, grow faint, O daughter Zion,
like a woman in travail; For now shall you go forth from the city
and dwell in the fields; To Babylon shall you go, there shall you
be rescued. There shall the LORD redeem you from the hand of your
enemies. [MICAH 4:10]
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Lo, I will rescue my people from the land of the rising sun, and from the land of the setting sun. I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem. They shall be my people, and I will be their God, with faithfulness and justice. [ZECH 8:7-8]
Then Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy
Spirit, prophesied, saying: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of
Israel, for he has visited and brought redemption to his people.
He has raised up a horn for our salvation within the house of
David his servant, even as he promised through the mouth of his
holy prophets from of old: salvation from our enemies and from the
hand of all who hate us, to show mercy to our fathers and to be
mindful of his holy covenant and of the oath he swore to Abraham
our father, and to grant us that, rescued from the hand of
enemies, without fear we might worship him in holiness and
righteousness before him all our days." [Taken from LK 1:67-75]
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight,
and as he drew near to look at it, the voice of the Lord came, 'I
am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
Jacob.' Then Moses, trembling, did not dare to look at it. But the
Lord said to him, 'Remove the sandals from your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy ground. I have witnessed the
affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning,
and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to
Egypt.' This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, 'Who
appointed you ruler and judge?' God sent as (both) ruler and
deliverer, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. This
man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of
Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for forty years. [Taken
from ACTS
7:31-36]
On the very night before Herod was to bring him
to trial, Peter, secured by double chains, was sleeping between
two soldiers, while outside the door guards kept watch on the
prison. Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by him and a light
shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him,
saying, "Get up quickly." The chains fell from his
wrists. The angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your
sandals." He did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your
cloak and follow me." So he followed him out, not realizing
that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he
was seeing a vision. They passed the first guard, then the second,
and came to the iron gate leading out to the city, which opened
for them by itself. They emerged and made their way down an alley,
and suddenly the angel left him. Then Peter recovered his senses
and said, "Now I know for certain that (the) Lord sent his
angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the
Jewish people had been expecting." [ACTS 12:6-11]
When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group became divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three.
A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?" The dispute was so serious that the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered his troops to go down and rescue him from their midst and take him into the
compound. [Taken from ACTS 23:7-10]
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of
the affliction that came to us in the province of Asia; we were
utterly weighed down beyond our strength, so that we despaired
even of life. Indeed, we had accepted within ourselves the
sentence of death, that we might trust not in ourselves but in God
who raises the dead. He rescued us from such great danger of
death, and he will continue to rescue us; in him we have put our
hope (that) he will also rescue us again, as you help us with
prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the
gift granted us through the prayers of many. [2COR 1:8-11]
Paul, an apostle not from human beings nor
through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father
who raised him from the dead, and all the brothers who are with
me, to the churches of Galatia: grace to you and peace from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our
sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord
with the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and
ever. Amen. [GAL 1:1-5]
At my first defense no one appeared on my
behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them!
But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me
the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might
hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will
rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his
heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen. [2TM 4:16-18]
For if God did not spare the angels when they
sinned, but condemned them to the chains of Tartarus and handed
them over to be kept for judgment; and if he did not spare the
ancient world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of
righteousness, together with seven others, when he brought a flood
upon the godless world; and if he condemned the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah (to destruction), reducing them to ashes, making them
an example for the godless (people) of what is coming; and if he
rescued Lot, a righteous man oppressed by the licentious conduct
of unprincipled people (for day after day that righteous man
living among them was tormented in his righteous soul at the
lawless deeds that he saw and heard), then the Lord knows how to
rescue the devout from trial and to keep the unrighteous under
punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who
follow the flesh with its depraved desire and show contempt for
lordship. [Taken from 2PT 2:4-10]
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