You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
- BSB You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
- NKJV You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
- NASB You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.
- NLT You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 91:1–2He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
- Ps 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
- Ps 130:5–6I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Ps 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
- Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
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