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Psalm 59:16

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

15They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied.
16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
17To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
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Notice

Morning song rises against the sound of enemies circling the city, with God's strength and loving kindness named as shelter amid distress.

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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 143:8Cause 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.Both name God's loving kindness in the morning: one sings of it, while the other asks to hear it.
Psalm 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.Both associate morning with joy or song, while keeping distress and weeping within view.
Psalm 21:13Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.Both make God's strength the subject of song, praising the power that belongs to him.
Ephesians 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,Both speak of God's power, though the psalm names refuge in distress and Ephesians describes his ability beyond human asking.
Romans 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”Both connect singing God's praise with his kindness or mercy toward those who receive it.
Psalm 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.Both rejoice in God's loving kindness while recalling affliction and his care within it.
Ephesians 1:6–7to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.Both direct praise toward God for his kindness, described in Ephesians as grace and favor in the Beloved.
Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.Both describe God as a refuge in a day of trouble, joining his goodness with the shelter he provides.
Job 37:23We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.Both name God's great power; the psalm joins strength with loving kindness, while Job joins power with justice.
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,Both look back on God's help in danger, with Paul also expressing hope for continued deliverance.
1 Samuel 17:37David said, “The LORD, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul …Both recall God's past protection, with David naming rescue from the lion and bear as grounds for confidence.
Hebrews 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been …Both speak of God in relation to distress: the psalm celebrates refuge, while Hebrews recounts Jesus' tearful prayers to God.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. fear for the future. gratitude.

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Encouragement

The song remembers distress without erasing it. Its confidence rests in who God has been: a high tower and a refuge, whose strength comes with loving kindness.

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