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Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Psalms 9:9 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • BSB The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
  • NKJV The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
  • NASB The Lord will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
  • NLT The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
  • Ps 91:1–2He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Nah 1:7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
  • Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
  • Ps 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
  • Ps 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
  • Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
  • Luke 13:34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
  • Isa 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Ps 20:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
  • Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
  • Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
  • Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
  • Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 108:12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
  • Ps 77:1–2For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
  • Ps 48:3God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
  • Ps 142:4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
  • Isa 4:5–6Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.

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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.

How Psalms 9:9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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