He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Parallel translations
- WEB He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- KJV He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- NKJV He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- NASB One who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will lodge in the shadow of the Almighty.
- NLT Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
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Quick answer
Those who make their home in God's presence find safe rest under His protection.
Overview
This psalm celebrates the security of trusting God, depicted as the "Most High" and "Almighty." To dwell in His "secret place" is to live in intimate, abiding fellowship and shelter. Such refuge is found fully in Christ, in whom our life is hidden with God (Col. 3:3).
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Cross-references · 22
- Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- Ps 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Ps 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Ps 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- 1 Jn 4:15–16If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- Ps 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
- Isa 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Ps 61:3–4For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- Ps 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Ps 90:1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
- Ps 57:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Lam 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Ps 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Ps 25:13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- Hos 14:5–6I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Isa 4:5–6Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
- Song 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Ezek 11:16Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Judg 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Isa 8:14And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- 1 Chr 28:1–21Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
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