You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- KJV Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- NKJV You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- NASB You are my hiding place; You keep me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- NLT For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude
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Quick answer
God himself is the believer's hiding place, preserving from trouble and surrounding him with songs of deliverance.
Overview
David moves from exhortation to personal confession, finding refuge not in circumstances but in God's person. The 'songs of deliverance' suggest that rescue produces worship, and that praise itself encircles the protected soul. For the Christian this hiding place is ultimately found in Christ, in whom we are hidden with God (Colossians 3:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
- Ps 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Ps 9:9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
- Ps 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- Ps 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
- 2 Sam 22:1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- Rev 7:10And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Ps 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- Ps 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Col 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- Ps 5:12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- Exod 15:1–3Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Jer 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
- Rev 15:2–3And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
- Ps 18:5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Judg 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
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