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Psalm 71:7
I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
9Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
Notice
Being a “marvel to many” leaves their response unclear, while “my strong refuge” makes clear where the speaker finds safety under their gaze.
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Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.Both describe people who become objects of wonder before others, though Isaiah names himself and his children as signs from God.
Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.Both place people who turn to God before observers: many see a marvel, and prisoners hear prayer and hymns.
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 refuge and connect that refuge with strength.
1 Corinthians 4:9For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.Both describe being on public display, though Paul’s image of condemned men makes the apostles’ humiliation explicit.
Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had …Both describe people provoking wonder in observers; Acts identifies boldness as the cause, while the psalm leaves the cause unstated.
2 Corinthians 6:8–10by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,Both mention how a person appears to others, though the psalm leaves their judgment less defined than Paul’s contrasting reports.
Jeremiah 16:19LORD, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers …Both address God as a refuge marked by strength; Jeremiah names affliction as the time when that refuge is needed.
Psalm 61:3For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.Both speak to God as a refuge, using strength and shelter to describe his protection.
Zechariah 3:6The LORD’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying,The link is limited: one speaker addresses God as refuge, while the other passage introduces an angel’s assurance to Joshua.
Luke 2:34Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is …Both describe a person drawing public attention, though Simeon specifies opposition to the child and the psalm leaves the response unclear.
2 Corinthians 4:8–12We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;Both express confidence amid vulnerability: the psalm names a strong refuge, while Paul describes pressure that has not crushed him.
Isaiah 52:14Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—Both describe many people reacting with wonder; Isaiah specifies a marred appearance, while the psalm does not explain the astonishment.
Where this verse fits
Loneliness. aging. fear for the future.
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Encouragement
The verse leaves room for uncertainty about what others see in you. Its confession is firm: God is a strong refuge even when you draw puzzled looks.
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