I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- KJV I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- NKJV I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”
- NASB I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
- NLT This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.
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Quick answer
The believer personally confesses Yahweh as his refuge, fortress, and trustworthy God.
Overview
The psalmist makes the truth personal, declaring his own trust in God as protector. "Refuge" and "fortress" picture God as a place of safety and strength. This personal faith is the heart of the gospel, trusting God who is our sure stronghold in Christ (Phil. 4:7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Isa 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Ps 62:5–8Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Ps 71:3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
- Ps 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- Ps 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
- Deut 33:27–29The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Heb 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Gen 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
- Ps 67:6–7The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Deut 26:17–19Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- Jer 31:1“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Ps 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
- Deut 32:30–31How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
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