Psalms 61:3 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 61:3

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

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ASV

For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

YLT

For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

DBT

For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.

WEB

For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

13 verses on the floor

Psalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Psalms 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 140:7
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices1

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

"Thou hast been my strong tower from the enemy, and thou art as strong a ever, and thy name is as much a refuge to the righteous as ever it was." Prov. xviii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Words3

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 61:3PRO 18:10 ISA 26:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 61:3PRO 18:10 PSA 91:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 61:3PRO 18:10 PSA 144:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 61:3PRO 18:10 2SA 22:3
PSA 61:3PSA 18:2 PSA 62:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 61:3PRO 18:10 PSA 61:3-4
PSA 61:3PSA 62:7 PSA 3:3
PSA 61:3PSA 18:2 PSA 19:14

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