Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 9:9

“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”

Psalms 9:9 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 9:9, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 9. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
  • Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
  • Psalms 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
  • Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
  • Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
  • Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her …
  • Isaiah 8:14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
  • Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Psalms 20:1The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.