I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- BSB I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom 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, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Isa 26:3–4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- Ps 62:5–8My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
- Ps 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- Ps 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- Deut 33:27–29The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Heb 11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Luke 20:38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- Ps 67:6–7Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- Deut 26:17–19Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Jer 31:1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
- Ps 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Deut 32:30–31How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
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