Sovereign Safety

“As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about His people from henceforth even forever” (Psalm 125:2).  “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD” (Proverbs 21:31). 

As lofty mountains all surround

The city of Jerusalem,

Our sovereign Lord Himself is found

Around His own, protecting them.

Our safety neither comes in numbers

Nor in a horse that’s well prepared,

But rather God, who never slumbers,

Will keep His own from being snared.

The seeming strength of “Murphy’s Law”

(If bad can happen, so it will)

Has found in God its fatal flaw:

Our God of grace is greater still!

What sovereign safety thus is ours!

We rest beneath the staff and rod

Of Him who also made the stars:

Behold our Savior and our God!

Lord, thank You for Your sovereign love

That faithfully protects Your own,

That intercedes for us above,

And calls us boldly to Your throne.