You Are My Refuge and My Fortress
Psalms 91:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- KJV
- He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
- WEB
- He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
- ASV
- He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
- LSV
- He covers you over with His pinion, || And under His wings you trust, || His truth [is] a shield and buckler.
- YLT
- With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth.
- DBY
- He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler.
- DRC90:4
- He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.
- GNV
- Hee will couer thee vnder his winges, and thou shalt be sure vnder his feathers: his trueth shall be thy shielde and buckler.
- JPS
- He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.
- LXXE90:4
- He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בְּאֶבְרָת֨וֹ ׀ יָ֣סֶךְ לָ֭ךְ וְתַֽחַת־כְּנָפָ֣יו תֶּחְסֶ֑ה צִנָּ֖ה וְֽסֹחֵרָ֣ה אֲמִתּֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br90:4
- Ἐν τοῖς μεταφρένοις αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσει σοι, καὶ ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐλπιεῖς· ὅπλῳ κυκλώσει σε ἡ ἀλήθεια αὐτοῦ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 61:4Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
- Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Isaiah 43:1–2Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I…
- Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Psalms 35:2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
- Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Hebrews 6:17–18So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who…
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Mark 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Psalms 138:2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- Psalms 89:23–24I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 90:4 in some Bibles
- 91:4 in most Bibles