You Are My Refuge and My Fortress
Psalms 91:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- KJV
- I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- WEB
- I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- ASV
- I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
- LSV
- He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,”
- YLT
- He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'
- DBY
- I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him.Elohim
- DRC90:2
- He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.
- GNV
- I will say vnto the Lord, O mine hope, and my fortresse: he is my God, in him will I trust.
- JPS
- I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust,
- LXXE90:2
- He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֹמַ֗ר לַֽ֭יהוָה מַחְסִ֣י וּמְצוּדָתִ֑י אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אֶבְטַח־בּֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br90:2
- Ἐρεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ καὶ καταφυγή μου, ὁ Θεός μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Isaiah 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalms 62:5–8Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God. Trust…
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Psalms 71:3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
- Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- Psalms 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
- Hebrews 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- Deuteronomy 33:27–29The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled…
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Psalms 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
- Psalms 67:6–7The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 90:2 in some Bibles
- 91:2 in most Bibles