I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
- BSB I have become a portent to many, but You are 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 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
- 1 Cor 4:9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
- Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
- Ps 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- 2 Cor 6:8–10By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
- Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
- Ps 61:3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
- 2 Cor 4:8–12We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- Zech 3:6And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Ps 142:4–5I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
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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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