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Psalm 143:9

Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

7Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
9Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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The plea for deliverance names enemies without describing them, leaving you with the urgency of escape and a turn toward God for shelter.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.Both passages speak of hiding during danger: the psalm asks God for shelter, while Isaiah tells the people to withdraw behind closed doors.
Psalm 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.Both join hiding in God with deliverance from trouble, one as a plea and the other as an expression of trust.
Psalm 64:2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;Both prayers ask God to hide the speaker from hostile people, with Psalm 64 naming their conspiracy.
Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.Both describe movement toward the LORD for protection: fleeing to him in the psalm and running to his name in Proverbs.
Psalm 31:15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.Both ask God for deliverance from enemies, placing the threatened person's safety in his hands.
Psalm 61:3–4For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.Both speak of God as shelter from enemies, with Psalm 61 recalling refuge already received.
Isaiah 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.Both use the language of hiding and shelter, though Isaiah describes a man as protection and the psalm seeks protection from God.
Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope …Both describe fleeing for refuge, with the psalm seeking God's protection and Hebrews speaking of taking hold of hope.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

Fear does not have to disappear before you ask God for help. Here, trust takes the form of fleeing to YHWH while enemies still threaten.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).