Psalm 59:16

God Our Stronghold

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They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied. ¹⁶ 
But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
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To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

Day of Trouble

Times of Trouble

Your Lovingkindness

Day Of Distress

Shout Aloud

Steadfast Love

Strength And Power

Psalm 21:13

Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.

Psalm 101:1

I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

Psalm 5:3

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

Exodus 15:6

“Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

1 Samuel 17:37

David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

1 Samuel 19:11-12

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

2 Samuel 22:3

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,
My Savior—You save me from violence.

Job 37:23

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 31:7

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

Psalm 36:5

Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies,
Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Psalm 59:9-10

O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

Psalm 61:2-3

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

Psalm 77:2

In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 86:13

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Psalm 88:13

But I have cried out to You, O Lord, for help;
And in the morning my prayer will come to You.

Psalm 89:1

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

Psalm 106:8

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His [supreme] power known.

Psalm 116:1-5

I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.

Psalm 143:8

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For I trust in You.
Teach me the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

Psalm 145:11

They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power,

Jeremiah 30:7

‘Alas! for that day is great,
There is none like it;
It is the time of Jacob’s [unequaled] trouble,
But he will be saved from it.

Romans 15:9

and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy [to them, since God had no covenant with them]. As it is written and forever remains written,

“Therefore I praise You among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.”

2 Corinthians 1:10

He rescued us from so great a threat of death, and will continue to rescue us. On Him we have set our hope. And He will again rescue us [from danger and draw us near],

Ephesians 1:6-7

to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].