Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
New American Standard Bible
A stronghold in times of trouble;
King James Version
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Holman Bible
a refuge in times of trouble.
International Standard Version
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.
A Conservative Version
LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
American Standard Version
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Amplified
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;
Darby Translation
And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will be a height for the oppressed one, a height for times in straits.
King James 2000
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD also will be a defense for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble.
NET Bible
Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
Webster
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
World English Bible
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 9:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Celebration Of God's Justice
8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples. 9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble; 10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 32:7
You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 20:1
May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;
Psalm 37:39
But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalm 46:1
God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:7
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
Psalm 62:8
Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Psalm 77:1-2
I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Psalm 91:1-2
Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Psalm 142:4
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Isaiah 4:5-6
And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;
Isaiah 8:14
And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!
Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;