My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in (A)the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in (B)the shadow of the Almighty.

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Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(A) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(B) of the Almighty.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai

You are a (A)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from (B)trouble;
    you surround me with (C)shouts of deliverance. Selah

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You are my hiding place;(A)
    you will protect me from trouble(B)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.(C)

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For he will (A)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will (B)lift me high upon a rock.

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For in the day of trouble(A)
    he will keep me safe(B) in his dwelling;
he will hide me(C) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.(D)

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(A)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge (B)in the shadow of your wings.

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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Keep me as (A)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in (B)the shadow of your wings,

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Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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15 (A)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So (B)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (C)God is love, and (D)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

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15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(A) God lives in them and they in God.(B) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.(C) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(D)

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20 In (A)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you (B)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

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20 In the shelter(A) of your presence you hide(B) them
    from all human intrigues;(C)
you keep them safe in your dwelling
    from accusing tongues.

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(A)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    (B)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
(C)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

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You have been a refuge(A) for the poor,(B)
    a refuge for the needy(C) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(D)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(E)
    is like a storm driving against a wall

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for you have been (A)my refuge,
    a strong (B)tower against the enemy.

Let me (C)dwell in your tent forever!
    Let me take refuge under (D)the shelter of your wings! Selah

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For you have been my refuge,(A)
    a strong tower against the foe.(B)

I long to dwell(C) in your tent forever
    and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 61:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

The Lord is your keeper;
    the Lord is your (A)shade on your (B)right hand.

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The Lord watches over(A) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

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(A)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
(B)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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Each one will be like a shelter(A) from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,(B)
like streams of water(C) in the desert(D)
    and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

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Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A (A)Prayer of Moses, the (B)man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our (C)dwelling place[a]
    in all generations.

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  1. Psalm 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
    throughout all generations.

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Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (C)the cave.

57 (D)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul (E)takes refuge;
in (F)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    (G)till the storms of destruction pass by.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 57[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(B)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(C)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(D)
    until the disaster has passed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  2. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term