Psalms 71:7
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
BSB
ASV
I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
KJV
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
I am as a wonder unto many. "To thousand eyes a mark and gaze am I." The saints are men wondered at; often their dark side is gloomy even to amazement, while their bright side is glorious even to astonishment. The believer is a riddle, an enigma puzzling the unspiritual; he is a monster warring with those delights of the flesh, which are the all in all of other men; he is a prodigy, unaccountable to the judgments of ungodly men; a wonder gazed at, feared, and, by and by, contemptuously derided. Few understand us, many are surprised at us.
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Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
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But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
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Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
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Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
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And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken…