Psalms 9:9

King James Version

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,A stronghold in times of distress;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord also will be 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.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

New King James Version
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.

Literal Translation
Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, 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.

World English Bible
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; A high tower in times of trouble.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord also will bee a refuge for the oppressed: a refuge, in times of trouble.

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.

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;

Update Bible Version
Yahweh also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

New English Translation
Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

Contemporary English Version
The poor can run to you because you are a fortress in times of trouble.

Complete Jewish Bible
He will judge the world in righteousness; he will judge the peoples fairly.

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.

Amplified Bible
The LORD also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, 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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

New Living Translation
The Lord is a shelter 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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

English Revised Version
The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

New Revised Standard
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold 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.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.

English Standard Version
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;

New Century Version
The Lord defends those who suffer; he defends them in times of trouble.

Good News Translation
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Contextual Overview

¹ I will praise thee, O Lord , with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. ² I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. ³ When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. ⁴ For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. ⁵ Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. ⁶ O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. ⁷ But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. ⁸ And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. ⁹ The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. ¹⁰ And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord , hast not forsaken them that 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
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Genesis 9:8
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Jeremiah 33:20
Thus saith the Lord ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

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.