Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. New Living Translation The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. English Standard Version The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Berean Study Bible The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. King James Bible The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. New King James Version The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. New American Standard Bible The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; NASB 1995 The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; NASB 1977 The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble, Amplified Bible The LORD also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble; Christian Standard Bible The LORD is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. American Standard Version Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH shall be a place of refuge for the poor and their helper in times of suffering. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. Contemporary English Version The poor can run to you because you are a fortress in times of trouble. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation. Good News Translation The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble. International Standard Version The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress. JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; Literal Standard Version And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity. New American Bible The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. NET Bible Consequently the LORD provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. New Heart English Bible The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. World English Bible Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity. Additional Translations ... Context I Will Give Thanks to the LORD…8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.… Cross References 2 Samuel 22:3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. Psalm 10:18 to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more. Psalm 12:5 "For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will bring safety to him who yearns." Psalm 14:6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter. Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah Psalm 37:39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble. Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Treasury of Scripture The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. The Lord Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalm 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psalm 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. be a refuge. Psalm 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Psalm 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. in times Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalm 77:1,2 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me… Psalm 108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
(9) The Lord also.--Better, but let Jehovah. Refuge.--Properly, a stronghold: a citadel into which the persecuted would retreat. Oppressed.--Properly, crushed. Trouble.--From root meaning "to cut off from." Sc., "provisions," "water," and the like. Its cognate in Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 17:8, means "drought." The phrase "in times of trouble" recurs in Psalm 10:1. Verse 9. - The Lord also will be a Refuge for the oppressed. Misgab, translated "refuge," is literally "a hill-fort" (comp. Psalm 144:2, where it is rendered "high tower"). David's use of the metaphor is reasonably ascribed to his having "often experienced safety in such places, when fleeing from Saul" (Hengstenberg; see 1 Samuel 23:14). A refuge in times of trouble; literally, in times in trouble; i.e. "in times that are steeped in trouble" (Kay).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is וִ֘יהִ֤י (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a refuge מִשְׂגָּ֣ב (miś·gāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4869: A secure height, retreat, stronghold for the oppressed, לַדָּ֑ךְ (lad·dāḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1790: Crushed, oppressed a stronghold מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב (miś·gāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4869: A secure height, retreat, stronghold in times לְעִתּ֥וֹת (lə·‘it·tō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural Strong's 6256: Time, now, when of trouble. בַּצָּרָֽה׃ (baṣ·ṣā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival Jump to Previous Adversity Bruised Crushed Distress High Oppressed Refuge Stronghold Times Tower TroubleJump to Next Adversity Bruised Crushed Distress High Oppressed Refuge Stronghold Times Tower TroubleLinks Psalm 9:9 NIVPsalm 9:9 NLT Psalm 9:9 ESV Psalm 9:9 NASB Psalm 9:9 KJV Psalm 9:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 9:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 9:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 9:9 French Bible Psalm 9:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 9:9 Yahweh will also be a high tower (Psalm Ps Psa.) |