Say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
He said: I love you, Lord, my strength,
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just run to it and are safe.
God indeed is my salvation; I am confident and unafraid. For the Lord is my strength and my might, and he has been my salvation.
I look to my right hand to see that there is no one willing to acknowledge me. My escape has perished; no one cares for me.
For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.
Be my rock of refuge, my stronghold to give me safety; for you are my rock and fortress.
They would crush the hopes of the poor, but the poor have the Lord as their refuge.
Because you have the Lord for your refuge and have made the Most High your stronghold,
But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
Consider the ramparts, examine its citadels, that you may tell future generations:
I will maintain my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting covenant, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
At that time—oracle of the Lord— I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
That I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my delight. Then I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold!
my God, in you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me.
But I trust in you, Lord; I say, “You are my God.”
God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress.
Let me dwell in your tent forever, take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah
I cry out to you, Lord, I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.