The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- BSB The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- NKJV The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
- NASB The Lord of armies is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
- NLT The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
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Quick answer
Yahweh of Armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. It matters because God's covenant presence is the believer's unshakable fortress.
Overview
This refrain names God as the LORD of hosts, commander of heaven's armies, and the covenant God of Jacob who is a high stronghold for His people. His presence 'with us' is the heart of the psalm's comfort. It anticipates Immanuel, God with us, in whom God's nearness and protection are fully revealed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Ps 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Num 14:9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
- 2 Chr 13:12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Isa 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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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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