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Psalm 91:9

Because you have made the LORD your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
9Because you have made the LORD your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
10no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
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Notice

“Refuge” and “dwelling place” make trust in the Most High concrete: a place to seek shelter and a place to remain.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.Both passages speak of God as a refuge, using the language of shelter to express trust in him.
Psalm 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.Both verses connect God's protection with a person's relationship to him: taking refuge in him and setting love on him.
Acts 7:48However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,Both use the title “Most High” and speak of dwelling, though Acts addresses temples and the psalm describes God as refuge.
Psalm 91:2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”Both name the LORD as a refuge; verse 2 expresses the trust that verse 9 describes.
Psalm 90:1A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.Both call God a dwelling place, with Psalm 90 extending that confession across generations.
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’Both describe God as “your dwelling place,” locating shelter in God himself.
John 6:56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.Both use language of dwelling in someone, though John speaks of eating Jesus' flesh and drinking his blood.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 91:9 at your front door each morning

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Encouragement

You may come to this verse with danger still in view. Its words name YHWH as your refuge and the Most High as your dwelling place.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).