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Let us pray for our messenger ; let us pray to God to protect him on his journey , and grant him a safe return . Let us sing praises to that God , who has hitherto preserved from evil the children who have trusted in Him ! '' The speaker then intoned the verse of the well-known psalm -- `` His truth shall be thy shield and buckler . Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night , nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon day . '' After each verse of the psalm , the people repeated -- `` Lord have compassion upon us ! Lord have mercy upon us ! '' The devout Colonel , as if he expected that God would show him some signal mark of his favour , in more emphatic tone chanted the verse -- `` I will deliver him because he hath known My name ; I will protect him because he hath loved Me . ''