The first example is of God redeeming the helpless from their enemies and leading them out of barrenness to find a home; the second is of God delivering from “darkness and the shadow of death” those whom he had himself brought into this condition because of their rebellion against him; the third is of God healing the diseases with which he had chastened “fools” who disregarded him, the fourth is of God protecting voyagers by stilling the storm which they thought would sink their ship.
