Thursday, September 14, 2017

Psalm 61:3-4

For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. 

for you have been my refuge 
Psalm 9:9  The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
psalm 46:1  God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 62:7  My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

a strong tower against the foe 
Psalm 59:9  You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
Proverbs 18:10  The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

I long to dwell in your tent forever 
Psalm 15:1  LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

and take refuge in the shelter of your wings 
Deuteronomy 32:9-11  For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.
Matthew 23:37  "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing."

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