PSALM 23:4
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
So the writer of Psalm 91 says, "I will say of the Lord ( The Owner of the universe, The Master, The One in charge), He is my REFUGE and FORTRESS.
What is a refuge? What does the word refuge mean?
In some places the word refuge is translated as shelter, or hiding place. The World English Dictionary defines the word refuge as follows:
REFUGE ref·uge, {ref-yooj} noun, verb, ref·uged,
ref·ug·ing.
noun
1.shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge
from a storm.
2.a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
3.anything to which one has
recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
verb (used with object)
4. Archaic . to afford refuge to.
Synonyms
1. security, safety.
2. asylum, retreat, sanctuary, haven, stronghold.
2. asylum, retreat, sanctuary, haven, stronghold.
SHELTER.noun
1.
something beneath, behind, or within which a person,
animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.;
refuge.
2.
the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing: He took shelter
in a nearby barn.
3.
protection from blame, incrimination, etc.
4.
a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the
elements: Everyone's basic needs are food, clothing, and shelter.
5.
a building serving as a temporary refuge or residence for
homeless persons, abandoned animals, etc.
verb (used with object)
7.
to be a shelter for; afford shelter to: The old barn
sheltered him from the rain.
8.
to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
9.
to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection: Parents should
not try to shelter their children from normal childhood disappointment
10.
Finance . to invest (money) in a tax shelter.
Synonyms
1. retreat, asylum, sanctuary, shield, haven, harbor, house, guard,
safeguard, shield, defend.
LETS DO A STUDY
OF THE WORD FORTRESS
WHAT
IS A FORTRESS?
for·tress <a
noun
1.
a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often
including a town; citadel.
2.
any place of exceptional security; stronghold.
World English Dictionary
fortress (ˈfɔːtrɪs)
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a large fort or fortified
town
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2.
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a place
or source
of refuge or support
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— vb
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3.
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( tr ) to protect with or as if with a fortress
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AFTER STUDYING THE
TWO WORDS REFUGE AND FORTRESS, WHAT IS THE WRITER SAYING ABOUT THE LORD?. DO
A WORD STUDY SUBSTITUTING WORDS, YOU WILL DISCOVER A PROFOUND TRUTH. THE
WRITER OF THIS PSALM IS SAYING…
1-THE LORD, MASTER, LANDLORD OF THE
UNIVERSE IS HIS- SHELTER, MEANING, - SHELTER.noun
1.
something beneath, behind, or within which a
person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions,
etc.; refuge.
2.
the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing: He took
shelter in a nearby barn.
3.
protection from blame, incrimination, etc.
4.
a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the
elements: Everyone's basic needs are food, clothing, and shelter.
· HE ALSO SAYS THE LORD IS HIS REFUGE MEANING—
1.
shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge
from a storm.
2.
a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
3.
· SYNONYMS OF THE WORD REFUGE.
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1. retreat, asylum, sanctuary, shield, haven, harbor.
See cover. 7. harbor, house. 9. guard,
safeguard, shield, defend.
STILL IN VERSE
2 DAVID, AS I CHOSE TO CALL HIM SAYS THE LORD IS HIS FORTRESS.
WE SAW THAT THE
WORD FORTRESS MEANS….
fortress (ˈfɔːtrɪs)
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1.
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a large fort or fortified
town
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2.
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a place or source of
refuge or support
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I PERSONALY GOT
EXCITED WHEN I LEANT THAT THE LORD WAS ALL, AND IS ALL THESE THINGS TO HIS
PEOPLE. THE LORD IS EVERYTHING TO HIS CHILDREN. MAXIMUM PROTECTION AND
PROVISION IS WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING A SON AND BEING IN THE SECRET PLACE. REMEMBER WE ARE STILL PERSUING WHY DAVID WOULD SAY I WILL
FEAR NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH ME. THAT’S WHY HE SAYS MY GOD IN HIM I
WILL TRUST. WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A STATEMENT OF CONFIDENCE
AFTER SOMEBODY HAS JUST DISCOVERED A TRUTH ABOUT GOD, YOU CAN DO NOTHING BUT
DECLARE THAT YOU WILL TRUST IN GOD.
LETS GO TO VERSE 3.
3.Surely He shall deliver you from
the snare of the fowler[a]
And from the perilous pestilence.
Lets look at the word, deliver
so that we can substitute. Surely he shall (Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away,
deliver
NASB Translation
defended (2), deliver (103), deliver yourself (2), deliverance
(1), delivered (46), delivered at all (1), deliverer (1), delivering (1),
delivers (7), escape (1), escaped (1), plucked (1), plunder (1), plundered (1),
preserved (1), recover (1), recovered (2), rescue (11), rescued (5), saves (1),
separate (1), snatched (1), snatched away (1), snatches (1), spared (3),
stripped (1), surely deliver (2), surely rescue (1), take (1), take away (1),
taken away (2), took (1). FROM THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER., A SNARE IS A TRAP
MEANT TO SUDDENLY CATCH YOU UN AWARE, WITH THE INTENTION TO CAUSE HARM, OR
DAMAGE.IN HEBREW THE WORD MEANS CALAMITIES OR PLOTS. AND A FOWLER IS A TRAPPER. THE
WORD ALSO MEANS TO BE PROPERLY ENTANGLED.
SO WE CAN SAFELY CONCLUDE THAT DAVID IS SAYING GOD WILL ………..FROM THE
TRAPS OF A FOWLER OR TRAPER. WHAT WILL GOD DO? FROM
THE BOX ABOVE WE CAN USE WORDS LIKE, …DEFEND, RESCUE, SNATCH AWAY,RECOVER,
PRESERVE, TAKE AWAY…AND MANY MORE INCLUDED IN THE BOX ABOVE.
VERSE 3 CONTINUES, AND FROM THE PERILIOUS PESTILENCE.
WHAT IS THAT? PERILIOUS MEANS DEADLY (dead·ly adjective, dead·li·er, dead·li·est, adverb
adjective
1.
causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
2.
aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy. Synonyms
of deadly.
deleterious, destructive, unrelenting, pernicious, dangerous, malignant anpoisonous.) AND DANGEROUS.HERE
ARE SOME OF ITS …Synonyms
WHAT IS A PESTILENCE? -
1.
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
2.
3.
something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms of
the word PESTILENCE
DAVID SAYS THE LORD GOD SHALL DELIVER FROM ALL THESE DEADLY WORKS OF
THE ENEMY MENTIONED ABOVE. INFECTIONS,SICKNESS,DISEASE,ENDEMIC,SCOURGE, PLAGUE
AND VIRUSES, JUST TO MENTION A FEW. GLORY TO GOD. WE GIVE HIM PRAISE.
WE NOW GO TO
VERSE 4.
4
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings
you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
WHAT DAVID IS SAYING HERE IS THAT GOD ,
THE LORD WILL COVER…(protect, inbox , shelter ,cover, defense,
defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up a primitive root; properly, to
entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively)
protect -- cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
5
You shall not be afraid of the terror
by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the
destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7
A thousand may fall at your side,
And
ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And
see the reward of the wicked.
9
Because you have made the Lord, who
is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any
plague come near your dwelling;
11
For He shall give His angels charge
over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12
In their hands they shall bear
you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13
You shall tread upon the lion and the
cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14
“Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My
name.
15
He shall call upon Me, and I will
answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor
him.
16
With long life I will satisfy him,
And
show him My salvation.”
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 91:3 That is,
one who catches birds in a trap or snare
Psalm 31:20 (NKJV)
20 You shall hide them in the
secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
You shall keep them
secretly in a pavilion
From the strife of tongues.
Psalm 27:5-7 (NKJV)
5 For in the time of
trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His
tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.
6 And now my head shall be
lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of
joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I
cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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