Psalm 11:1
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Psalm 11
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 I trust in the Lord for protection.
So why do you say to me,
“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!
1 Samuel 23:14
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14 David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.
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Isaiah 26:3-4
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3 You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
4 Trust in the Lord always,
for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Psalm 56:11
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11 I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?
Luke 13:31
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Jesus Grieves over Jerusalem
31 At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!”
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Psalm 25:2
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2 I trust in you, my God!
Do not let me be disgraced,
or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
Proverbs 6:5
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5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
2 Chronicles 16:8
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8 Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians[a] and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers?[b] At that time you relied on the Lord, and he handed them over to you.
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2 Chronicles 14:11
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11 Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
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Psalm 55:6-7
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6 Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!
7 I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude
Psalm 31:14
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14 But I am trusting you, O Lord,
saying, “You are my God!”
Psalm 16:1
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Psalm 16
A psalm[a] of David.
1 Keep me safe, O God,
for I have come to you for refuge.
Footnotes
- 16:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
Psalm 9:10
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10 Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
Psalm 7:1
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Psalm 7
A psalm[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
Footnotes
- 7:Title Hebrew A shiggaion, probably indicating a musical setting for the psalm.
1 Samuel 27:1
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David among the Philistines
27 But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”
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1 Samuel 22:3
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3 Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”
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1 Samuel 21:10-12
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10 So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath. 11 But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing,
‘Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?”
12 David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him.
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1 Samuel 20:38
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38 Hurry, hurry, don’t wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.
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1 Samuel 19:11
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Michal Saves David’s Life
11 Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”
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