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Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
5I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
9Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
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A hiding place and songs of deliverance give this prayer a sense of safety, spoken by someone who has stopped hiding his sin from God.
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Psalm 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Both describe safety through nearness to God, using the language of a sheltered place.
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 in the face of danger, though Isaiah describes entering rooms and closing doors.
Psalm 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.Both address God as a hiding place, expressing trust in him for protection.
Psalm 27:5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.Both describe God sheltering the speaker from trouble, with Psalm 27 naming his pavilion and tabernacle as hiding places.
Psalm 9:9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.Both describe the LORD as a place of safety in trouble, using a hiding place and a high tower.
2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are …Both speak of God's help amid distress, though Paul emphasizes comfort and the psalm emphasizes protection and deliverance.
2 Samuel 22:1David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,Both join deliverance and song; Samuel records David addressing the LORD after rescue from his enemies and Saul.
Revelation 7:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Both voice praise for God's saving work, through songs of deliverance in the psalm and a loud cry in Revelation.
Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.Both locate refuge in God: the psalm calls him a hiding place, and Paul speaks of life hidden with Christ in God.
Exodus 15:1–3Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse …Both link deliverance with song; Exodus records Moses and Israel singing after the LORD throws horse and rider into the sea.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in …Both connect song with life before God; the psalm names deliverance, while Paul describes believers singing to the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:26The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the …Both describe the LORD providing shelter, with Jeremiah recounting how God hid him and Baruch from arrest.
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The God who hears confession is the one David calls his hiding place. His confidence rests in God's care, even while trouble remains part of the prayer.
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