Isaiah 26:20
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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the wrath is past.(A)
Psalm 30:5
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5 For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.(A)
Psalm 27:5
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5 For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will set me high on a rock.(A)
Isaiah 54:7-8
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7 For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.(A)
8 In overflowing wrath for a moment
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
says the Lord, your Redeemer.(B)
Matthew 6:6
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6 But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a](A)
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- 6.6 Other ancient authorities add openly
Psalm 91:4
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4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and defense.(A)
Proverbs 18:10
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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)
Psalm 17:8
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8 Guard me as the apple of the eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,(A)
2 Corinthians 4:17
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17 For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,(A)
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Isaiah 10:25
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25 For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.”(A)
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Psalm 32:7
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7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah(A)
Isaiah 51:4
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4 Listen to me, my people,
and give heed to me, my nation,
for a teaching will go out from me
and my justice for a light to the peoples.(A)
Psalm 91:1
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Psalm 91
Assurance of God’s Protection
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- 91.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Exodus 12:22-23
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22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood in the basin. None of you shall go outside the door of your house until morning.(A) 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike down the Egyptians; when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you down.(B)
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Psalm 31:20
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20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them
from human plots;
you hold them safe under your shelter
from contentious tongues.(A)
Ezekiel 11:16
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16 Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far away among the nations and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while[a] in the countries where they have gone.(A)
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- 11.16 Or a little sanctuary
Isaiah 51:16
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16 I have put my words in your mouth
and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out[a] the heavens
and laying the foundations of the earth
and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”(A)
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- 51.16 Syr: Heb planting
Isaiah 32:18-19
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18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 The forest will disappear completely,[a]
and the city will be utterly laid low.(A)
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- 32.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 143:9
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- 143.9 Heb ms Gk: MT to you I have hidden
Psalm 57:1
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Psalm 57
Praise and Assurance under Persecution
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
1 Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
until the destroying storms pass by.(A)
Genesis 7:1
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The Great Flood
7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:14
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14 I will give the priests their fill of fatness,
and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 7:23
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23 But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.”(A)
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Genesis 7:16
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16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.(A)
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Matthew 23:37
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The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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