Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
Parallel translations
- KJV Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- BSB Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
- NKJV Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
- NASB For you have made the Lord, my refuge, The Most High, your dwelling place.
- NLT If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter,
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Cross-references · 5
- Ps 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
- Ps 91:1–2He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 90:1A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- Ps 142:4–5Look 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.
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
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