Psa. 44:1‑7• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
2Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
5Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. (Psa. 44:1‑7)
Gen. 32:9‑12,28• 9And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,
10--I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.
11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:9‑12,28)
Ex. 14:13‑14,31• 13And Moses said to the people, Fear not: stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.
31And Israel saw the great power with which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman. (Ex. 14:13‑14,31)
1 Sam. 7:9‑12• 9And Samuel took a sucking-lamb, and offered it as a whole burnt-offering to Jehovah; and Samuel cried to Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answered him.
10And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines advanced to battle against Israel. And Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were routed before Israel.
11And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.
12And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us. (1 Sam. 7:9‑12)
Rom. 4:18‑22• 18who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:
19and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
20and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
21and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
22wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness. (Rom. 4:18‑22)
Heb. 11:8‑32• 8By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
9By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
10for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
12Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.
13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
14For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.
15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
16but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.
17By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21By faith Jacob when dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
22By faith Joseph when dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.
24By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have the temporary pleasure of sin;
26esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.
27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.
28By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
29By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.
31By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.
32And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets: (Heb. 11:8‑32)