Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;

King James Version

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Holman Bible

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

A Conservative Version

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

American Standard Version

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

Amplified


The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;

Bible in Basic English

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

Darby Translation

And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will be a height for the oppressed one, a height for times in straits.

King James 2000

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD also will be a defense for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble.

NET Bible

Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:

Webster

The LORD also will 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

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Context Readings

Celebration Of God's Justice

8 He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people. 9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress. 10 Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.


Cross References

Psalm 32:7

You are my hiding place; you will deliver me from trouble and surround me with shouts of deliverance. Interlude

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted up above the danger.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The God of old is a dwelling place, with everlasting arms underneath. He drove out your enemies before you and said: "Destroy them!'

Psalm 18:2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."

Psalm 20:1

May the LORD answer you in the day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 37:39

But deliverance for the righteous one comes from the LORD; he is their strength in times of distress.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

Psalm 46:7

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude

Psalm 48:3

Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Psalm 62:8

People, in every situation put your trust in God; pour out your heart before him; for God is a refuge for us. Interlude

Psalm 77:1-2

I cry out to God! I cry out to God and he hears me.

Psalm 91:1-2

The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,

Psalm 108:12

Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless.

Psalm 142:4

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

Isaiah 4:5-6

Then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion including over those who assemble there a cloud by day

Isaiah 8:14

Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 32:2

Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.

Nahum 1:7

The LORD is good a refuge in troubled times. He knows those who are confiding in him.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

Hebrews 6:18

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

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