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Psalm 37:40

The LORD helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
39But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
40The LORD helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.
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Notice

The repeated word “rescues” speaks to the fear of being left in the power of the wicked, while refuge names dependence on YHWH.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 46:5God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.Both passages name God as the one who helps those under his care.
Isaiah 31:5As birds hovering, so the LORD of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”The LORD's rescue in the psalm shares Isaiah's assurance that he will protect and deliver.
Psalm 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.God promises deliverance in both passages, answering people who turn to him amid danger.
1 Chronicles 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he …Both passages connect God's help against enemies with the trust people have placed in him.
Daniel 3:17If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.Both texts speak of God delivering his people from the power of those who threaten them.
Jeremiah 15:21“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”Rescue from the wicked is explicit in both passages, with God himself as the deliverer.
Isaiah 46:4Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.Both passages locate the hope of deliverance in God's own action on behalf of his people.
Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Trust in God amid hostile opposition underlies both the plea in Psalm 25 and the assurance here.
Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, …Daniel's account names trust in God among those he delivered, matching the psalm's link between refuge and rescue.
Daniel 6:23Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm …Daniel's rescue is attributed to his trust in God, just as the psalm connects rescue with taking refuge in him.
Acts 7:10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Deliverance comes from God in both passages, described as rescue from the wicked here and from afflictions in Acts.
Psalm 37:28For the LORD loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.Both verses affirm the LORD's care for his people in a psalm that also declares judgment on the wicked.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. injustice and anger. waiting.

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Name one trouble and ask God for refuge

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Encouragement

The surrounding lines place God's people in trouble, even as they name him their stronghold. The timing of rescue remains unstated; their help comes from YHWH.

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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).