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When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover you with my hand while I pass by.



You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.


Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.


For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.



You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.






Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.



You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.



O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.



But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!

Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"

The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.

On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.


He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.



who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.



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