About God's protective love:

"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. � You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, � but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. :

Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. � For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. � The living, the living--they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. � Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; � those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. � "Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment. � 

Verse References In The Order Presented Above --  Job 12:15 ; Job 12:16 ; Job 12:17 ; Psalms 18:34 ; Psalms 18:35 ; Psalms 18:36 ; Psalms 18:49 ; Psalms 18:50 ; Psalms 19:1