Psalms 57:1

David twice cries for mercy and takes refuge under God's wings until trouble passes. It models seeking shelter in God amid danger.

Cross-references · 30

• Ps 91:4He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
• Ps 17:7–8Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
• Ps 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
• Ps 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
• Ps 63:7For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
• Ps 61:4Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
• Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
• Ps 69:13–16But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
• Jas 5:10–11Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
• Ps 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
• Isa 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
• Ps 56:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
• Ps 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
• Ps 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
• Ps 119:76–77May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
• Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Ps 142:1A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
• Rev 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Ps 58:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• Matt 24:22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
• John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
• Ps 59:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
• 1 Sam 24:3Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
• Isa 10:25For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
• 1 Sam 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
• Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
• 1 Sam 24:8After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

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