The Preacher's Bible

In you, Jehovah, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

2Kg 18:5, 1Ch 5:20, Ps 22:5, Ps 25:2-3, Ps 31:1-3, Ps 125:1, Ps 146:5, Is 45:17, Je 17:18, Rm 9:33, 1Pe 2:6

²Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

Ps 10:17-18, Ps 17:2, Ps 17:6, Ps 31:1, Ps 34:15, Ps 43:1, Ps 116:1-2, Ps 143:1, Ps 143:11, Dn 9:16, 1Co 10:13

³Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Dt 33:27, Ps 18:2, Ps 31:2-3, Ps 42:8, Ps 44:4, Ps 68:28, Ps 90:1, Ps 91:1-2, Ps 91:9, Ps 91:11-12, Ps 144:2, Pr 18:10, Is 33:16, Ez 9:6, Rv 7:2-3

⁴Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

2Sm 16:21-22, 2Sm 17:1-2, 2Sm 17:12-14, 2Sm 17:21, Ps 17:8-9, Ps 17:13, Ps 59:1-2, Ps 140:1-4

⁵For you are my hope, Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.

1Sm 16:13, 1Sm 17:33-37, 1Sm 17:45-47, Ps 13:5, Ps 22:9-10, Ps 39:7, Ps 42:11, Ps 71:17, Ps 119:81, Ps 119:166, Ec 12:1, Je 14:8, Je 17:7, Je 17:13, Je 17:17, Je 50:7, Lk 2:40, Rm 15:13, 1Tm 3:15

⁶I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.

Ps 22:9-10, Ps 34:1, Ps 71:14, Ps 139:15-16, Ps 145:1-2, Pr 8:17, Is 46:3-4, Is 49:1, Is 49:5, Je 1:5, Je 3:4, Lk 1:31-32, Gl 1:15, Ep 5:20

⁷I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Ps 61:3, Ps 62:7, Ps 142:4-5, Is 8:18, Je 16:19, Zc 3:6, Lk 2:34, Ac 4:13, 1Co 4:9, 2Co 4:8-12, 2Co 6:8-10

⁸My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.

Ps 35:28, Ps 51:14-15, Ps 63:5, Ps 71:15, Ps 71:24, Ps 96:6, Ps 104:1, Ps 145:1-2, Ps 146:2

⁹Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

2Sm 19:35, 2Sm 21:15-17, Ps 71:18, Ps 73:26, Ps 90:10, Ps 92:13-15, Ec 12:1-7, Is 46:4, 1Tm 1:12, 1Tm 4:18

¹⁰For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

1Sm 19:11, 2Sm 17:1-14, Ps 2:2, Ps 10:9, Ps 31:13, Ps 37:32-33, Ps 56:6, Ps 83:3, Pr 1:11, Je 20:10, Mt 26:3-4, Mt 27:1

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

2Ch 32:13-14, Ps 3:2, Ps 7:2, Ps 37:25, Ps 37:28, Ps 41:7-8, Ps 42:10, Ps 50:22, Dn 3:15, Mt 27:42-43, Mt 27:46, Mt 27:49

¹²God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

Ps 10:1, Ps 22:11, Ps 22:19, Ps 35:22, Ps 38:21-22, Ps 40:13, Ps 69:18, Ps 70:1-2, Ps 70:5, Ps 143:7

¹³Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

Es 9:2, Ps 6:10, Ps 35:4, Ps 35:26, Ps 40:14-15, Ps 71:24, Ps 109:29, Ps 132:18, Is 41:11, Je 20:11, 1Pe 5:5

¹⁴But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Jb 13:15, Ps 43:5, Ps 71:6, Ps 130:7, Lm 3:21, Lm 3:26, Ph 1:9, 1Th 4:10, Hb 10:35, 1Pe 1:13, 2Pe 3:18, 1Jn 3:3

¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

Ps 22:22-25, Ps 30:12, Ps 35:28, Ps 40:5, Ps 40:9-10, Ps 40:12, Ps 71:8, Ps 71:24, Ps 89:16, Ps 139:17-18, Ps 145:2, Ps 145:5-14

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.

Dt 33:25, Ps 29:11, Ps 51:14, Ps 71:2, Ps 71:15, Ps 71:19, Ps 71:24, Ps 106:2, Is 26:13, Is 40:31, Is 45:24-25, Is 63:7, Zc 10:12, Mt 6:33, Rm 1:17, Rm 3:21, Rm 10:3, Ep 3:16, Ep 6:10, Ph 3:9, Ph 4:13, 2Th 1:6, 1Tm 2:1

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

Dt 4:5, 1Sm 17:36-37, 2Sm 4:9, 2Sm 22:1-51, 1Ch 16:4-36, Ps 26:7, Ps 66:16, Ps 71:5, Ps 119:9, Ps 119:102

¹⁸Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Gn 27:1, Ex 13:8, Ex 13:14-17, 1Sm 4:15, 1Sm 4:18, 1Ch 29:10-30, Ps 22:31, Ps 71:9, Ps 78:4, Ps 78:6, Ps 145:4-5, Is 46:4, Is 51:9, Is 53:1, Ac 13:36

¹⁹God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?

Ex 15:11, Jb 5:9, Ps 35:10, Ps 36:5-6, Ps 57:10, Ps 72:18, Ps 86:8, Ps 89:6-8, Ps 126:2-3, Ps 139:6, Pr 15:24, Pr 24:7, Is 5:16, Is 40:18, Is 40:25, Is 55:9, Je 10:7, Lk 1:49

²⁰You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹Increase my honor and comfort me again.

2Sm 3:1, Ps 18:35, Ps 23:4, Ps 32:10, Ps 72:11, Ps 86:17, Is 9:7, Is 12:1, Is 49:6, Is 49:13, 2Co 1:4-5, 2Co 2:14, 2Co 7:6, 2Co 7:13, 1Th 3:9, Rv 11:15

²²I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!

Gn 48:16, 2Sm 4:9, Ps 34:22, Ps 63:5, Ps 103:4, Ps 104:33, Lk 1:46-47, Rv 5:9

²⁴My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

Dt 11:19, Ps 18:37-43, Ps 35:28, Ps 37:30, Ps 71:8, Ps 71:13, Ps 71:15, Ps 92:11, Pr 10:20-21, Mt 12:35, 1Co 15:25, Ep 4:29

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