Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about 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.
- BSB You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me 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 that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 119:114Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
- Ps 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
- Ps 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Ps 143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
- Ps 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
- 2 Sam 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
- Ps 98:1O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Rev 7:10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Ps 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Ps 40:3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
- Col 3:3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- Ps 5:12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
- Exod 15:1–3Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Jer 36:26But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
- Rev 15:2–3And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
- Ps 18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- Judg 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
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