A great big Amen! Those are wonderful Scriptures!
Sometimes we are called to walk through (not being called to stop there) such a valley, and what a wonderful thing when it is only the shadow of death that we must face. I have found God is so much more real to me, and my understanding of and relationship with Him grows so much larger, during such a time in my journey with God.
I pray these blessed verses for kat, that they would be her food.