Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, New Living Translation If you make the LORD your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, English Standard Version Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place— the Most High, who is my refuge— Berean Standard Bible Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High— King James Bible Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; New King James Version Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, New American Standard Bible For you have made the LORD, my refuge, The Most High, your dwelling place. NASB 1995 For you have made the LORD, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. NASB 1977 For you have made the LORD, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. Legacy Standard Bible For you have made Yahweh—my refuge, The Most High—your dwelling place. Amplified Bible Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, Christian Standard Bible Because you have made the LORD—my refuge, the Most High—your dwelling place, Holman Christian Standard Bible Because you have made the LORD—my refuge, the Most High—your dwelling place, American Standard Version For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because you are LORD JEHOVAH my trust, for you have set your dwelling on high, Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. Contemporary English Version The LORD Most High is your fortress. Run to him for safety, Douay-Rheims Bible Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge. English Revised Version For thou, O LORD, art my refuge! thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; GOD'S WORD® Translation You, O LORD, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your home. Good News Translation You have made the LORD your defender, the Most High your protector, International Standard Version "LORD, you are my refuge!" Because you chose the Most High as your dwelling place, JPS Tanakh 1917 For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, Even the Most High, thy habitation. Literal Standard Version (For You, O YHWH, [are] my refuge), | You made the Most High your habitation. Majority Standard Bible Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High— New American Bible Because you have the LORD for your refuge and have made the Most High your stronghold, NET Bible For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the sovereign One. New Revised Standard Version Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place, New Heart English Bible Because you have made the LORD, my refuge, the Most High, your dwelling place, Webster's Bible Translation Because thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; World English Bible Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, Young's Literal Translation (For Thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context My Refuge and Fortress…8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. 9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High— 10no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.… Cross References Psalm 71:3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Psalm 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations. Psalm 91:2 I will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Psalm 142:5 I cry to You, O LORD: "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.' Treasury of Scripture Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation; because Psalm 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psalm 142:4,5 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul… Psalm 146:5,6 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: … most high Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Psalm 90:1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Jump to Previous Dwelling Dwelling-Place Habitation Hands High Madest Refuge Resting-Place SafeJump to Next Dwelling Dwelling-Place Habitation Hands High Madest Refuge Resting-Place SafePsalm 91 1. The state of the godly3. Their safety 9. Their habitation 11. Their servants 14. Their friend; with the effects of them all. (9) Thou . . . my.--The difficulty of the change of person is avoided by the Authorised Version, but only with violence to the text, which runs, "For thou, Jehovah, my refuge; thou hast made the Most High thy habitation." It is best to take the first line as a kind of under-soliloquy. The poet is assuring himself of the protection which will be afforded one who trusts in God; and he interrupts his soliloquy, as it were, with a comment upon it: "Yes, this is true of myself, for Thou Jehovah art indeed my refuge." (For the Most High as a dwelling place, see Psalm 90:1.)Verse 9. - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my Refuge, even the Most High, thy Habitation; literally, for thou, O Lord, art my Refuge; thou hast made the Most High thy Dwelling place, which can scarcely be made to yield a tolerable sense. It is supposed that a word - אָמַרְתָּ- has dropped out, and that the verse originally ran thus: "Because thou hast said, Jehovah is my Refuge, and hast made the Most High thy Dwelling place" (comp. vers. l, 2). The second speaker for a second time addresses the first. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Becauseכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you have made שַׂ֣מְתָּ (śam·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your dwelling— מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃ (mə·‘ō·w·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4583: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat my refuge, מַחְסִ֑י (maḥ·sî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter the Most High— עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme Links Psalm 91:9 NIVPsalm 91:9 NLT Psalm 91:9 ESV Psalm 91:9 NASB Psalm 91:9 KJV Psalm 91:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 91:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 91:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 91:9 French Bible Psalm 91:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 91:9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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