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Psalm 61:3

For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

1For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.
2From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
5For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
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Notice

The words “you have been” look back to shelter already found, even as the enemy remains part of David’s prayer for help.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.Both use a strong tower to describe safety in God: David remembers refuge, and Proverbs describes the righteous running to him.
Psalm 62:7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.Both name God as a refuge, locating protection and strength in him.
Psalm 116:2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.Both ground prayer in past help: David remembers God’s refuge, while Psalm 116 remembers God hearing.
Psalm 140:7LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.Both speak of God’s protection amid danger, using a tower against the enemy and a covered head in battle.
Psalm 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.Both describe God as a refuge and a tower, using fortified shelter to speak of his protection.
Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but the LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a …Both name God as a refuge, with Joel describing shelter for his people even as heaven and earth shake.
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 recall God’s past help as grounds for trust: refuge from an enemy in the psalm, deliverance from death in Corinthians.
Isaiah 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.Both look back on God’s care: David names a refuge, while Isaiah describes Israel as carried from birth.
2 Samuel 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.Both name God as a refuge and tower against danger, with Samuel’s song naming rescue from violence.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

David remembers God’s shelter while he is still asking for help. An overwhelmed heart can speak of refuge; God’s strength does not depend on the speaker’s composure.

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