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You Are My Refuge and My Fortress

Psalms 91:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
KJV
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
WEB
Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
ASV
For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
LSV
(For You, O YHWH, [are] my refuge), || You made the Most High your habitation.
YLT
(For Thou, O Jehovah, [art] my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.
DBY
Because thou hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,
DRC90:9
Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.
GNV
For thou hast said, The Lord is mine hope: thou hast set the most High for thy refuge.
JPS
For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.
LXXE90:9
For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן שַׂ֣מְתָּ מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br90:9
Ὅτι σὺ Κύριε ἡ ἐλπίς μου, τὸν ὕψιστον ἔθου καταφυγήν σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  • Psalms 91:1–2He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
  • Psalms 142:4–5Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  • Psalms 146:5–6Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

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  • 90:9 in some Bibles
  • 91:9 in most Bibles

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