Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Just a sampling:

Psalms 5:8
Psalms 16:7-8
Psalms 23:3
Psalms 25:4-5
Psalms 27:11
Psalms 31:3
Psalms 32:8-9
Psalms 43:3
Psalms 61:1-2
Psalms 73:23-24
Psalms 86:11
Psalms 119:35
Psalms 119:105
Psalms 143:8
Psalms 143:10

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College & Dallas Seminary graduate, Pentair

PS 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 

PS 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

PS 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 

PS 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Psalm 73:23-24 "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward
you will take me into glory." (NIV)

Regarding Psalm 48:14, in her book "Through Gates of Splendor," Elisabeth Elliot highlights Psalm 48:14 as a cornerstone of the missionaries' faith, and she specifically points out that it was Nate Saint's life verse. In the book, she mentions that Nate had this verse inscribed on a plaque inside his cockpit, and it became a rallying cry for the entire operation.

Nate Saint was a pioneer missionary pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Ecuador. I might refer to him as a jungle pilot, a real-live pioneering missionary jungle pilot.

Missionary Work and Death

Service: He and his wife Marjorie opened an MAF base in Shell Mera, Ecuador, in 1948.

Flying: He flew medical supplies, mail, and food to isolated jungle villages.Operation Auca: In January 1956, he and four other missionaries (Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Roger Youderian) landed on a river sandbar in Ecuador to make peaceful contact with the isolated Waodani (then called Auca) tribe.

Tragedy: On January 8, 1956, all five men were speared to death by members of the tribe.

Legacy

Global Impact: Their deaths brought global attention to missionary work and inspired a massive wave of volunteers to join aviation ministries like MAF.

Redemption>\: Years later, several members of the killing party—including relatives of the tribe—became Christians and formed a peaceful relationship with the missionaries' families.

The full KJV text Elisabeth quotes is: "For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death."

That final phrase—"even unto death"—takes on profound weight when you realize the men knew the risks of contacting the Waodani, yet they fully trusted God to guide them right up to that ultimate threshold. Elisabeth later reflects on how God literally fulfilled that promise to the very letter, guiding them through life and through death itself into His presence.

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