The LORDalso will be a strongholdfor the oppressed,A strongholdin timesof trouble;
Thenthe treesof the forestwill singfor joybeforethe LORD;For He is comingto judgethe earth.
Oh giveus helpagainstthe adversary,For deliveranceby manis in vain.
Lookto the rightand see;For thereis noonewho regardsme; There is noescapefor me; Noonecaresfor my soul.
The LORDis my rockand my fortressand my deliverer,My God,my rock,in whom I takerefuge;My shieldand the hornof my salvation,my stronghold.
May the LORDansweryou in the dayof trouble!May the nameof the Godof Jacobsetyou [securely] on high!
You are my hidingplace;You preserveme from trouble;You surroundme with songsof deliverance.Selah.
But the salvationof the righteousis from the LORD;He is their strengthin timeof trouble.
Godis our refugeand strength,A verypresenthelpin trouble.
The LORDof hostsis with us; The Godof Jacobis our stronghold.Selah.
God,in her palaces,Has made Himself knownas a stronghold.
Callupon Me in the dayof trouble;I shall rescueyou, and you will honorMe."
Trustin Him at alltimes,O people;Pourout your heartbeforeHim; Godis a refugefor us. Selah.
Let the peoplespraiseYou, O God;Let allthe peoplespraiseYou.
Olet the evilof the wickedcometo an end,but establishthe righteous;For the righteousGodtriesthe heartsand minds.
Sayamong the nations,"The LORDreigns;Indeed,the worldis firmlyestablished,it will not be moved;He will judgethe peopleswith equity."
Beforethe LORD,for He is comingto judgethe earth;He will judgethe worldwith righteousnessAnd the peopleswith equity.
The nameof the LORDis a strongtower;The righteousrunsinto it and is safe.
Eachwill be like a refugefrom the windAnd a shelterfrom the storm,Like streamsof waterin a drycountry,Like the shadeof a hugerockin a parchedland.
"Then He shall becomea sanctuary;But to boththe housesof Israel,a stoneto strikeand a rockto stumbleover, [And] a snareand a trapfor the inhabitantsof Jerusalem.
The LORDis good,A strongholdin the dayof trouble,And He knowsthose who takerefugein Him.
"O Jerusalem,Jerusalem,[the city] that killsthe prophetsand stonesthosesentto her! How oftenI wantedto gatheryour childrentogether,justas a hen[gathers] her broodunderher wings,and you wouldnot [have it]!
"The eternalGodis a dwellingplace,And underneathare the everlastingarms;And He droveout the enemyfrom beforeyou, And said,'Destroy!'
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
