You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
- 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.
- NLT You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.
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Quick answer
God is his hiding place and shield, and he hopes in His word. The Lord Himself, known through His word, is the psalmist's refuge.
Overview
The psalmist finds shelter and protection in God, picturing Him as a hiding place and a shield against danger. His hope rests on God's word, which secures this refuge. This anticipates the believer's safety in Christ, in whom our life is hidden with God, our shield and great reward (Col. 3:3; Gen. 15:1).
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.
- Ps 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
- 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 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 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.
- Ps 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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