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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 9:9

The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   Oppression;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Oppression;   Refuge;   Trust;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mibzar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Contrite;   Justice;   Names of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Misgab;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Righteousness;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Refuge;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acrostic;   Fortification;   Refuge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;   Judgment, Divine;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
English Revised Version
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
Update Bible Version
Yahweh also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
New Century Version
The Lord defends those who suffer; he defends them in times of trouble.
New English Translation
Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
The LORD also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble;
English Standard Version
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord is maad refuyt, `ether help, `to a pore man; an helpere in couenable tymes in tribulacioun.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Contemporary English Version
The poor can run to you because you are a fortress in times of trouble.
American Standard Version
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Bible in Basic English
The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
Complete Jewish Bible
He will judge the world in righteousness; he will judge the peoples fairly.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.
Easy-to-Read Version
Many people are suffering— crushed by the weight of their troubles. But the Lord is a refuge for them, a safe place they can run to.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord also will bee a refuge for the oppressed: a refuge, in times of trouble.
New Life Bible
The Lord also keeps safe those who suffer. He is a safe place in times of trouble.
New Revised Standard
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD also will be a refuge for the poor, a refuge in times of trouble.
Good News Translation
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(9-10) And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed: euen a refuge in tyme of trouble.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,a refuge in times of trouble.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; A high tower in times of trouble.
King James Version
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.
Literal Translation
Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE is a defence for the poore, a defence in the tyme of trouble.
THE MESSAGE
God 's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times. The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
New King James Version
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,A stronghold in times of distress;

Contextual Overview

1 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works. 2 I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness. 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. 6 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise, 7 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. 9 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. 10 And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Psalms 18:2, Psalms 32:7, Psalms 37:39, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:3, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:2, Psalms 142:4, Deuteronomy 33:27, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 32:2, Nahum 1:7, Luke 13:34, Hebrews 6:18

be a refuge: Heb. be a high place, Psalms 20:1, Psalms 46:7, *marg.

in times: Psalms 50:15, Psalms 77:1, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 108:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 2:5 - when she Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge 2 Samuel 22:3 - my refuge 2 Chronicles 16:8 - because Psalms 14:6 - Lord Psalms 34:22 - none Psalms 59:9 - defence Psalms 103:6 - executeth Jeremiah 14:8 - in time

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
Genesis 9:7
But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
Genesis 9:8
And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:9
And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.
Genesis 22:17
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Jeremiah 33:20
And there was another man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Urias the son of Samaeas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremias.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,.... The poor and weak, such as have no might nor power, and are thrown down and trampled upon, as the word i signifies; and such are the people of God. They are oppressed with the burden of sin; they are bowed down with Satan and his temptations; and are sometimes pressed out of measure, and above their strength, with the persecutions of men; they are trodden under foot by antichrist, or otherwise are borne down with a variety of sorrows and afflictions; but the Lord is a refuge for them. The Chaldee paraphrase renders it as before, "the Word of the Lord", the eternal Logos, the Son of God: he is a refuge for poor sensible sinners, fleeing from wrath to come; being typified by the cities of refuge, whither the manslayer fled from the avenger of blood: he is the strong hold for the prisoners of hope to turn into; his name is a strong tower and place of defence for oppressed saints; he is a refuge when all others fail, and at all times, in the day of affliction, and in the hour of death, and at judgment;

a refuge in times of trouble; of which the saints have many, as when God hides his face, when corruptions prevail, when grace is low in exercise, and temptations are strong, yet even then Christ is the refuge from the storm; the salvation of his people is of him, and he is their strength in every time of trouble; see Isaiah 25:4.

i לדך "attrito", Cocceius, Gejerus: "contrito", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord also will be a refuge - Margin, an high place. The margin expresses the more exact sense of the, Hebrew word - משׂגב miśgâb. It means properly height, altitude; then a height, rock, crag; and then, as such localities, being inaccessible to an enemy, were sought in times of danger as places of secure retreat, it comes to denote a place of security and refuge, Psalms 18:2; Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11; Psalms 48:3; Psalms 59:9, Psalms 59:17; Psalms 94:22. The declaration here is equivalent to what is so often said, that God is a refuge, a rock, a high tower, a defense; meaning, that those referred to might find safety in him. See the notes at Psalms 18:2.

For the oppressed - literally, for those who are crushed, broken; hence, the dejected, afflicted, unhappy - דך dak - from דכך mor dākak - to beat small; to break in pieces; to crush. The allusion here is to those who are wronged or down-trodden; to the victims of tyranny and injustice. Such may look to God to vindicate them and their cause, and they will not look in vain. Sooner or later he will manifest himself as their protector and their helper. See Psalms 9:12.

A refuge in times of trouble - Not only for the oppressed, but for all those who are in trouble. Compare Psalms 46:1. That is, all such may come to him with the assurance that he will be ready to pity them in their sorrows, and to deliver them. The psalmist had found it so in his own case; and he infers that it would be so in all cases, and that this might be regarded as the general character of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 9:9. A refuge — משגב misgab, a high place, where their enemies can neither reach nor see them. He who has God for his portion has all safety in him.


 
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