‘How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!  therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.’

‘Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.’

Dating back to as early as 250 BC, the Dead Sea Scrolls show that the Old Testament we read today is virtually the same as the scriptures being read over two millennia ago.

‘Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men’

‘Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced:  for God had made them rejoice with great joy:  the wives also and the children rejoiced:  so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.’

‘And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

‘Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.  But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.’

‘And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.’

‘And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.’

‘And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.’

‘And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.’

‘And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.’

‘And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me:  for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?’

‘And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord:  but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.’

‘But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister’