I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Parallel translations
- KJV I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- BSB I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- NKJV I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
- NASB ¶I cried out to You, Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
- NLT Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.
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Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Ps 16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Ps 27:13I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
- Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
- Ps 91:9–10Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
- Ps 91:2I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- John 16:32Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Ps 119:57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
- Ps 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- Ps 62:6–7He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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