I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
- KJV I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
- NKJV I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.
- NASB ¶I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.
- NLT My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection.
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Quick answer
The psalmist seems a wonder or puzzle to many, yet God remains his strong refuge. It shows steadfast trust even when others misunderstand his suffering.
Overview
The psalmist has become a marvel or spectacle to many, perhaps because of his trials, yet he holds fast to God as his strong refuge. Faith remains firm even when one's afflictions perplex onlookers. The righteous sufferer who remains a wonder to many anticipates Christ, astonishing to many in his suffering, yet trusting wholly in God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- 1 Cor 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
- Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
- Ps 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- 2 Cor 6:8–10through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
- Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Ps 61:3For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- 2 Cor 4:8–12We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- Zech 3:6Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- Ps 142:4–5Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
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Christ at the center
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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