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Psalm 91

Psa. 91:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, He is my refuge
machaceh (Hebrew #4268)
from 2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Pronounce: makh-as-eh'
Origin: or machceh {makh-seh'}
and my fortress
matsuwd (Hebrew #4686)
or (feminine) mtsuwdah {mets-oo-daw'}; or mtsudah {mets-oo-daw'}; for 4685; a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness; --castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be hunted, net, snare, strong place.
Pronounce: maw-tsood'
: my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; in him will I trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
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I will.
Psa. 91:9• 9Because thou hast made Jehovah, my refuge,{HR}The Most High, thy habitation, (Psa. 91:9)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 46:1• 1To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found. (Psa. 46:1)
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Psa. 71:3• 3Be to me a rock of dwelling for continual resort;{HR}Thou hast commanded to save me;{HR}For my rock (crag) and my fortress [art] thou. (Psa. 71:3)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said,{HR}Thou [art] my refuge,{HR}My portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Deut. 32:30‑31• 30How could one chase a thousand,{HR}And two put ten thousand to flight,{HR}Were it not that their Rock had sold them,{HR}And Jehovah had delivered them up?{HR}
 31For their rock is not as our Rock:{HR}Let our enemies themselves be judges.{HR} (Deut. 32:30‑31)
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Deut. 33:27‑29• 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy!
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew.
 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:27‑29)
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Prov. 18:10• 10The name of Jehovah [is] a strong tower:{HR}The righteous runneth into it, and is set in a high retreat. (Prov. 18:10)
my God.
Psa. 43:4• 4And I will go unto the altar of God, unto God the gladness of my joy,{HR}And I will give thanks unto thee with the harp, Ο God, my God. (Psa. 43:4)
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Psa. 48:14• 14For this God [is] our God [for] ever and ever;{HR}He will lead us until death. (Psa. 48:14)
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Psa. 67:6‑7• 6The earth hath yielded its increase;
 7God, our God, will bless us;{HR}God will bless us,{HR}And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. (Psa. 67:6‑7)
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Gen. 17:7• 7and I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)
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Deut. 26:17‑19• 17Thou has avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
 18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
 19and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken. (Deut. 26:17‑19)
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Jer. 31:1• 1At the same time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:1)
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Luke 20:38• 38But he is not God of dead but of living, for all live to him. (Luke 20:38)
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Heb. 11:16• 16but now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:16)
in him.
Psa. 62:5‑8• 5Only on God be still, my soul,{HR}For from him [is] my expectation.
 6Only he [is] my rock and my salvation,{HR}My high place;{HR}I shall not be moved.
 7On God [resteth] my salvation and my glory;{HR}The rock of my strength,{HR}My refuge [is] in God.
 8Confide in him at every time, O people;{HR}Pour out before him your heart:{HR}God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:5‑8)
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Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 26:3‑4• 3Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
 4Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:3‑4)
• Faith thus, in its confession of His name, makes its refuge and strong tower, and moreover trusts in it: a great thing, for no power of evil, no cause of distress can be anything to upset the mind, if the Lord be looked to and trusted in. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 90-93” by J.N. Darby)
• The Spirit of God, in Hebrews 2:13, uses the statement “I will put my trust in him,” as the language of Christ. It is the acceptance by Christ of the proposal of verse 1. (“Psalm 91” by H. Smith)
• It is a wilderness psalm, and, in after days is used by the Spirit of God in the wilderness circumstances of our Lord (See Luke 4:10 and Heb. 1:14). (“Psalm 91” by H. Smith)
• Then we learn from the lips of Christ that the One who is supreme in position and absolute in power is the Jehovah of Israel―the Eternal God, the I AM. How safe then―how sure of blessing must be the one who dwells in His secret place. (“Psalm 91” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I say ofo Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to."

W. Kelly Translation

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I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him.