God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
God is our refuge and strength, not our armies or fortresses. Others boast of impregnable castles on inaccessible rocks; yet God defends His people far better than all the valor of legions or the vaunted strength of chariot and horse. Make sure of your own portion in Him: He is my refuge and strength. He is more present than friend or relative, closer to us even than the trouble itself, never withdrawing from His afflicted.
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God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (a) Which was either a musical instrument or a solemn tune, to which this psalm was sung. (b) In all manner of troubles God shows his speedy mercy and power in defending his.
Christ, who is God as well as man, is the refuge for souls to flee unto for safety and the source of all their spiritual strength to withstand enemies and bear the cross. He helps His people under trouble to bear it and helps them out of it in the most proper and seasonable time. The Lord has been found, by experience, to be an exceeding great helper; He is easily and always to be come at and found for their help.
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