God Is a Refuge for Us
For the choir director. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
aSurely my soul waits in silence for God;
From Him bis my salvation.
2 Surely He is my arock and my salvation,
My bstronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
3 How long will you assail a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a aleaning wall, like a fence thrust down?
4 Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position;
They afind pleasure in falsehood;
They bbless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
5 Surely await in silence for God, O my soul,
For my hope is from Him.
6 Surely He is amy rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God my asalvation and my glory rest;
The rock of my strength, my brefuge is in God.
8 aTrust in Him at all times, O people;
bPour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of alow degree are merely bvanity and men of rank are a clie;
In the dbalances they go up;
They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.
10 aDo not trust in oppression
And do not put vain hope in brobbery;
If riches increase, cdo not set your heart upon them.
11 Once God has aspoken;
Twice I have heard this:
That bstrength belongs to God;
12 And that ato You, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness,
For You brepay a man according to his work.