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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)

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
    the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)

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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)

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Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
    and your right hand delivers me.(A)

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Psalm 91

Assurance of God’s Protection

You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
    who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,[a](A)

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  1. 91.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.(A)

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114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
    I hope in your word.(A)

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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)

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He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
    out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
    making my steps secure.(A)

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  1. 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult

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

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Hearers and Doers

24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(A) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock.

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Psalm 46

God’s Defense of His City and People

To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present[a] help in trouble.(A)

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  1. 46.1 Or well proved

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)

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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
    I will be with them in trouble;
    I will rescue them and honor them.(A)

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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.

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)

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

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24 Because I have called and you refused,
    have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(A)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
    and would have none of my reproof,(B)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
    I will mock when panic strikes you,(C)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(D)

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From the end of the earth I call to you,
    when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock
    that is higher than I,(A)

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Therefore let all who are faithful
    offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,[a] the rush of mighty waters
    shall not reach them.(A)
You are a hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from trouble;
    you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah(B)

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  1. 32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only

Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy.(A) It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.(B)

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33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
    and set me secure on the heights.(A)

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18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    I will exult in the God of my salvation.(A)
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer
    and makes me tread upon the heights.[a]

To the leader: with stringed[b] instruments.(B)

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  1. 3.19 Heb my heights
  2. 3.19 Heb my stringed

They lay crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against those you protect.(A)

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In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
    my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)

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16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;
    they poured out a prayer[a]
    when your chastening was on them.(A)

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  1. 26.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain