Faith in the Lord’s Righteousness

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

11 In (A)the Lord I put my trust;
How can you say to my soul,
“Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

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David in Wilderness Strongholds

14 And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in (A)the mountains in the Wilderness of (B)Ziph. Saul (C)sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

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You will keep him in perfect (A)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
(B)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages

11 In God I have put my trust;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

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31 [a]On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:31 NU In that very hour

O my God, I (A)trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
(B)Let not my enemies triumph over me.

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Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare

14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”

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The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

A (A)Michtam of David.

16 Preserve[a] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:1 Watch over

Were (A)the Ethiopians and (B)the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your (C)hand.

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11 And Asa (A)cried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, it is (B)nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You, and (C)in Your name we go against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!”

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So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah

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10 And those who (A)know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

A (A)Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord (B)concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;
(C)Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:1 Heb. Shiggaion

David Allied with the Philistines

27 And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will [a]despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 27:1 despair of searching for

Then David went from there to Mizpah of (A)Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.”

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David Flees to Gath

10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And (A)the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying:

(B)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

12 Now David (C)took these words [a]to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit. in his heart

38 And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.

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11 (A)Saul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

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