Verse 1

A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 56:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
  • Ps 17:8 : 8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!
  • Ps 22:8 : 8 They say,“Commit yourself to the LORD! Let the LORD rescue him! Let the LORD deliver him, for he delights in him.”
  • Ps 25:20 : 20 Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!
  • Ps 31:23 : 23 Love the LORD, all you faithful followers of his! The LORD protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
  • Ps 7:1 : 1 A musical composition by David, which he sang to the LORD concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, LORD, do not abandon those who seek your help.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!
  • Ps 84:12 : 12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how blessed are those who trust in you!
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
  • Ps 116:6 : 6 The LORD protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Prov 2:8 : 8 to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you. 4 Trust in the LORD from this time forward, even in Yah, the LORD, an enduring protector!
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me. 8 They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.