Verse 1

For the director of music. Of David: I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to your mountain"?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.
  • Ps 56:11 : 11 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 You will keep in perfect peace the mind that is steadfast, because it trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD Himself is the eternal Rock.
  • Luke 13:31 : 31 At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.'
  • 1 Sam 20:38 : 38 Then he shouted, 'Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!' The boy picked up the arrows and returned to his master.
  • 1 Sam 21:10-12 : 10 The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.' 11 David got up and fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to Achish the king of Gath. 12 The servants of Achish said to him, 'Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances, saying, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands"?'
  • 1 Sam 22:3 : 3 From there, David went to Mizpeh in Moab and said to the king of Moab, 'Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.'
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
  • 2 Chr 16:8 : 8 Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
  • Ps 7:1 : 1 A passionate song of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Ps 16:1 : 1 A Miktam of David: Guard me, O God, for I have taken refuge in You.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, do not let my enemies triumph over me.
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.
  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. 7 I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.'