Lexicon :: Strong's H4268 - maḥăsê

“They are wet from the rain of the mountains

And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.

You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,

But the LORD is his safe refuge.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],

A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me,

A strong tower against the enemy.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;

He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.

I am as a wonder to many,

For You are my strong refuge.

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;

I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him,

That I may tell of all Your works.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

But the LORD has become my high tower and defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;

The rocks are a refuge for the [fn]shephanim.

I cried out to You, O LORD;

I said, “You are my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living.

In the [reverent] fear of the LORD there is strong confidence,

And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.

For You have been a stronghold for the helpless,

A stronghold for the poor in his distress,

A shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of tyrants

Is like a rainstorm against a wall.

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,

And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement,

When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us,

For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”

“I will make justice the measuring line

And righteousness the mason’s level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies

And waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place.

Do not be a terror to me;

You are my refuge and my hope in the day of disaster.

The LORD thunders and roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem [in judgment of His enemies],

And the heavens and the earth tremble and shudder;

But the LORD is a refuge for His people

And a stronghold [of protection] to the children of Israel.