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Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

Blessed be the name of his glorious majesty forever and ever.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you are sitting at home and when you go on a journey, when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. You shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish thou for us the work of our hands; the work of our hands establish thou.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High abides under the protection of the Almighty. I call the Lord “My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” He saves you from the fowler’s snare and from the destructive pestilence. With his pinions he covers you, and under his wings you find refuge; his truth is a shield and armor. Fear not the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that ravages at noon. Though a thousand fall at your side, and a myriad at your right hand, it shall not come to you. You have only to look with your eyes and see how evil men are punished. Thou, O Lord, art my refuge! When you have made the Most High your shelter, no disaster shall befall you or come near your tent. For he will give his angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you upon their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the asp; you shall trample the young lion and the serpent. “Because he clings to me, I deliver him; I protect him because he loves me. When he calls upon me, I answer him; I am with him when he is in trouble; I rescue him and bring him to honor. I enrich him with long life, and let him witness my deliverance.”