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Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
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A secret place and a shadow suggest the relief of shelter, while “Most High” and “Almighty” name the God who provides it.
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Psalm 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.Both describe God as a place of shelter, with Psalm 32 naming him as a hiding place that preserves from trouble.
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 name a secret place of shelter with God; Psalm 27 describes being hidden there in the day of trouble.
Psalm 36:7How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.Both describe refuge in God's shadow, with Psalm 36 using the image of wings and praising his loving kindness.
Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,The Almighty's shadow is a place of rest in Psalm 91, while Psalm 17 asks for shelter under God's wings.
1 John 4:15–16Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.Both describe life with God through dwelling or remaining; John names confession that Jesus is the Son of God.
Isaiah 25:4For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the …Both portray God as shelter through the image of shade; Isaiah names the poor and needy who find refuge in him.
Isaiah 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.Both portray shelter through shade and a hiding place, though Isaiah describes a man and the psalm names the Almighty.
Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations.Both speak of living under someone's shadow; the psalm names the Almighty, while Lamentations mourns the capture of the LORD's anointed.
Isaiah 4:5–6The LORD will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for …The Almighty's shadow and the LORD's canopy over Mount Zion both picture shelter associated with God's presence.
Hosea 14:5–6I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.The shared thread is God's care pictured through nature: shadow in the psalm and life-giving dew for Israel in Hosea.
Song of Songs 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.Both use someone's shadow as a place to rest; the psalm speaks of the Almighty, while the song describes a beloved.
Ezekiel 11:16“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will …God provides shelter in both passages: his secret place in the psalm, and himself as a sanctuary for people scattered among the nations.
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Rest in this verse has a place: the shadow of the Almighty. The God whose power exceeds yours is the one who offers shelter.
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