Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

So the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all [five of] the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have assembled against us.”

When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he [fn]lost courage, and all Israel was horrified.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and take action; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor [fn]abandon you [but will guide you in the construction] until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Then [the Samaritans and others of] the people of the land [fn]discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them [to deter them] from building,

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],

Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

“He pours contempt on princes and nobles

And loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].

“I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go;

My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

Cease from anger and abandon wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evil.

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

The LORD will accomplish that which concerns me;

Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O LORD, endures forever—

Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.

Take hold of instruction; [actively seek it, grip it firmly and] do not let go.

Guard her, for she is your life.

He who is careless in his work

Is a brother to him who destroys.

If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress,

Your strength is limited.

“Scarcely had I passed them

When I found him whom my soul loves.

I held on to him and would not let him go

Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,

And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

Therefore, as the tongue of fire consumes the stubble [from straw]

And the dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away like fine dust;

Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts

And despised and discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Therefore [fn]all hands will fall limp,

And every man’s heart will melt.

We have heard the report of it;

Our hands become limp and helpless.

Anguish has gripped us,

Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

“Damascus has become helpless;

She has turned away to flee,

Terror (panic) has seized her;

Anguish and distress have gripped her

Like a woman in childbirth.

“The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,

And his hands fall limp and helpless;

Anguish has seized him,

And agony like that of a woman in childbirth.

In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:

“Do not be afraid, O Zion;

Do not let your hands fall limp.