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

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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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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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(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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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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The Lord is your keeper;
    the Lord is your (A)shade on your (B)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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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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Footnotes

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

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

13 His soul shall (A)abide in well-being,
    and his (B)offspring (C)shall inherit the land.

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20 (A)The breath of our nostrils, (B)the Lord's anointed,
    was captured (C)in their pits,
of whom we said, (D)“Under his shadow
    we shall live among the nations.”

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Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (A)a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be (B)a canopy. (C)There will be a (D)booth for shade by day from the heat, and (E)for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

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But I am like (A)a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.

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(A)I will be like the dew to Israel;
    (B)he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees (C)of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (D)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.

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16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet (A)I have been a sanctuary to them for a while[a] in the countries where they have gone.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 11:16 Or in small measure

14 And he will become a (A)sanctuary and (B)a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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15 And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and (A)take refuge in my shade, but if not, (B)let fire come out of the bramble and devour (C)the cedars of Lebanon.’

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David's Charge to Israel

28 (A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the (B)officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the (C)commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the (D)stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the (E)mighty men and all the seasoned warriors. Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. (F)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the (G)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. But God said to me, (H)‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ Yet the Lord God of Israel (I)chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel (J)forever. (K)For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's (L)house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. And of (M)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (N)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. He said to me, ‘It is (O)Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom (P)forever (Q)if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.’ Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.

David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (R)whole heart and with a willing mind, (S)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (T)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 10 Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; (U)be strong and do it.”

11 Then David gave Solomon his son the (V)plan of the (W)vestibule of the temple,[a] and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the (X)mercy seat; 12 and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, (Y)the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts; 13 for the (Z)divisions of the priests and of the (AA)Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord, 14 the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service, 15 the weight of the golden (AB)lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service, 16 the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables, 17 and pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each; 18 for the (AC)altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the (AD)cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 “All this he made clear to me in writing from the hand of the Lord, (AE)all the work to be done according to the plan.”

20 Then David said to Solomon his son, (AF)“Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished. 21 And behold the (AG)divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be (AH)every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 28:11 Hebrew lacks of the temple

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