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Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
4He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
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Feathers and a rampart offer two pictures of protection, bringing the tenderness of shelter and the strength of defense into the same promise.
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Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.Both passages describe shelter amid danger, with wings covering the person in the psalm and closed doors sheltering God's people in Isaiah.
Psalm 61:4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.Both psalms describe taking refuge under God's wings, making shelter near him their shared image.
Psalm 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for …Both passages name God's wings as a refuge, while Psalm 57 makes the plea from within disaster.
Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,Psalm 17 asks for shelter under God's wings, the same shelter Psalm 91 describes with confidence.
Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.Both passages use wings and feathers to picture God's care, with covering in the psalm and carrying in Deuteronomy.
Isaiah 43:1–2But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You …God's care is the shared thread: Psalm 91 describes his shelter, while Isaiah speaks of his redemption and claim upon Israel.
Matthew 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen …Both use wings as an image of shelter; Jesus describes his desire to gather Jerusalem's children and their refusal.
Psalm 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.Both psalms use the shield as an image of defense, one declaring God's faithfulness and the other asking for his help.
Genesis 15:1After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”The shield connects these passages: God's faithfulness shields the person in Psalm 91, and God names himself as Abram's shield.
Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”Both passages describe taking refuge under the LORD's wings, with Ruth named as someone who has sought that shelter.
Hebrews 6:17–18In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,Both passages ground assurance in God's constancy: the psalm names his faithfulness, and Hebrews speaks of his unchanging purpose.
Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;God's trustworthiness connects the texts: his faithfulness provides shelter in the psalm, and his promise of eternal life rests on his truthfulness.
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The shelter described here rests on God's faithfulness. When fear makes trust hard, that faithfulness remains the shield the psalm names.
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