The Lord of armies is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- KJV The LORD of hosts 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
- 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 then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Ps 9:9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
- Num 14:9Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”
- 2 Chr 13:12Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
- Matt 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Isa 8:10Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies 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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