⁹ The Lord is a refuge^(A) for the oppressed,^(B)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(C)

³⁹ The salvation^(A) of the righteous comes from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in time of trouble.^(B)

³ For you have been my refuge,^(A)
    a strong tower against the foe.^(B)

²⁶ My flesh and my heart^(A) may fail,^(B)
    but God is the strength^(C) of my heart
    and my portion^(D) forever.

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,

⁵ I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,^(A)
    my portion^(B) in the land of the living.”^(C)

¹⁶ they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(A)
    whose refuge^(B) will be the mountain fortress.^(C)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(D) them.

¹⁹ Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge^(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come^(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,^(C)
    worthless idols^(D) that did them no good.^(E)