¹ > Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

¹ > I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

² Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

³ I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

¹ > God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

⁷ How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

²⁹ The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

²⁶ In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, And he will be a refuge for his children.

¹⁷ To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

¹ > Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

² Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever you had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

³ You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

¹ > In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed: Deliver me in your righteousness.

² Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.

³ For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

⁴ Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, For you are my stronghold.

⁵ Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.

⁶ I hate those who regard lying vanities, But I trust in Yahweh.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in man.

⁹ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me, But in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

⁷ Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

⁴ For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the awesome ones is as a storm against the wall.

⁵ My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my expectation is from him.

⁶ He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

⁷ With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁹ Surely men of low degree are just a breath, And men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

⁹ Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; A high tower in times of trouble.

¹⁰ Those who know your name will put their trust in you, For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹ Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, And declare among the people what he has done.

³ Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, For you are my rock and my fortress.

¹ > Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

² When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

³ Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, Even then I will be confident.

⁴ One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To see Yahweh's beauty, And to inquire in his temple.

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust."

³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

⁴ He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day;