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The Lord is good, a τstrong hold in the day of troublee; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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Psa. 27:5• ⁵For he will hide me in his tabernacle in the day of evil;{HR}In the secret place of his tent will he hide me;{HR}He will set me upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)

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1 Chron. 16:34• ³⁴{i}Give thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good;{HR}For his loving-kindness endureth forever.{HR}{/i} (1 Chron. 16:34)

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Ezra 3:11• ¹¹And they sang together by course in praising, and giving thanks unto Jehovah; because he is good, for his mercy endureth forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid. (Ezra 3:11)

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Psa. 25:8• ⁸Good and upright [is] Jehovah;{HR}Therefore he teacheth sinners in the way. (Psa. 25:8)

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Psa. 100:5• ⁵For Jehovah [is] good;{HR}Forever [is] his mercy,{HR}And his faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 100:5)

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Psa. 136:1‑26• ¹Give thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good,{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
²Give thanks to the God of gods;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
³Give thanks to the Lord of lords;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁴To him that alone doeth great wonders;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁵To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁶To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁷To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁸The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
⁹The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁰To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹¹And brought Israel from their midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹²With strong hand and with outstretched arm;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹³To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁴And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁵And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁶To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁷To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁸And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁹(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁰And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²¹And gave their land for an inheritance;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²²An inheritance to Israel his servant;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²³Who remembered us in our low estate;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁴And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁵Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
²⁶Give thanks to the God of the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)

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Psa. 145:6‑10• ⁶And the strength of thy terrors they shall tell (say);{HR}And thy greatness, I will declare it.
⁷They shall pour forth the memory of thy great goodness,{HR}And thy righteousness they shall sing aloud.
⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy.
⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
¹⁰All thy works shall give thee thanks, Jehovah,{HR}And all thy saints shall bless thee. (Psa. 145:6‑10)

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Jer. 33:11• ¹¹the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise Jehovah of hosts: for Jehovah is good: for his mercy endureth forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 33:11)

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Lam. 3:25• ²⁵Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. (Lam. 3:25)

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Rom. 11:22• ²²Behold then God's goodness and severity: upon those that fell severity, and upon thee God's goodness, if thou abide in the goodness; since [otherwise] thou also shalt be cut off. (Rom. 11:22)

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1 John 4:8‑10• ⁸He that loveth not knew not God, because God is love.
⁹Herein was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath sent His only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us, and sent his Son [as] propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:8‑10)

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or, strength.

Psa. 18:1‑2• ¹To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
²Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:1‑2)

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Psa. 27:5• ⁵For he will hide me in his tabernacle in the day of evil;{HR}In the secret place of his tent will he hide me;{HR}He will set me upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)

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Psa. 62:6‑8• ⁶Only he [is] my rock and my salvation,{HR}My high place;{HR}I shall not be moved.
⁷On God [resteth] my salvation and my glory;{HR}The rock of my strength,{HR}My refuge [is] in God.
⁸Confide in him at every time, O people;{HR}Pour out before him your heart:{HR}God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:6‑8)

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Psa. 71:3• ³Be to me a rock of dwelling for continual resort;{HR}Thou hast commanded to save me;{HR}For my rock (crag) and my fortress [art] thou. (Psa. 71:3)

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Psa. 84:11• ¹¹For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)

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Psa. 91:1‑2• ¹He that dwelleth in covert of the Most High{HR}Abideth in the shadow of the Almighty.
²I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him. (Psa. 91:1‑2)

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Psa. 144:1‑2• ¹Of David.{HR}Blessed [be] Jehovah my rock,{HR}Training my hands to fight,{HR}My fingers for war.
²My mercy and my fortress, my high place,{HR}And my deliverer for me;{HR}My shield and he in whom I trust,{HR}The subduer of my people under me. (Psa. 144:1‑2)

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Prov. 18:10• ¹⁰The name of Jehovah [is] a strong tower:{HR}The righteous runneth into it, and is set in a high retreat. (Prov. 18:10)

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Isa. 25:4• ⁴For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones [was] as a storm [against] a wall. (Isa. 25:4)

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Isa. 26:1‑4• ¹In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah.
²Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.
³Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
⁴Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:1‑4)

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Isa. 32:2• ²And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa. 32:2)

in the.

Psa. 20:1• ¹To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah hear thee in the day of trouble:{HR}The name of the God of Jacob protect thee. (Psa. 20:1)

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Psa. 50:15• ¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)

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Psa. 59:16• ¹⁶And for me, I will sing of thy strength,{HR}And will in the morning shout for joy of thy mercy;{HR}For thou hast been a high place to me,{HR}And a refuge in the day of trouble to me. (Psa. 59:16)

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Psa. 86:7• ⁷In the day of my distress I will call upon thee,{HR}For thou wilt answer me. (Psa. 86:7)

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Psa. 91:15• ¹⁵He shall call me, and I will answer him;{HR}With him [am] I in trouble;{HR}I will deliver him and glorify him. (Psa. 91:15)

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Isa. 37:3‑4• ³And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
⁴It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is left. (Isa. 37:3‑4)

and he.

Psa. 1:6• ⁶For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous;{HR}But the way of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)

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Matt. 7:23• ²³And then will I avow to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work lawlessness. (Matt. 7:23)

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John 10:27• ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; (John 10:27)

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Gal. 4:9• ⁹but now having known God, yea rather being known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye wish again afresh to be in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Nevertheless the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, [The] Lord knoweth those that are his; and, Let everyone that nameth the name of [the] Lord depart from unrighteousness. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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1 Chron. 5:20• ²⁰{i}and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.{/i} (1 Chron. 5:20)

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2 Chron. 16:8‑9• ⁸{i}Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.{/i}
⁹{i}For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.{/i} (2 Chron. 16:8‑9)

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2 Chron. 32:8,11,21• ⁸with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
¹¹{i}Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?{/i}
²¹And Jehovah sent an angel which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. (2 Chron. 32:8,11,21)

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Psa. 84:12• ¹²O Jehovah of hosts,{HR}Blessed the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)

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Jer. 17:7‑8• ⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is.
⁸For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)

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Dan. 3:28• ²⁸{i}Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God!{/i} (Dan. 3:28)

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Dan. 6:23• ²³{i}Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.{/i} (Dan. 6:23)

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Matt. 27:43• ⁴³{i}He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.{/i} (Matt. 27:43)

• {v.7-8} When the final judgment of the last confederacy is judged, the Lord will have already returned and will be in Jerusalem. In that day He will defend Israel as “a stronghold in the day of trouble” (vs. 7) and will “make a full end” of that enemy (vs. 8). The destruction of this enemy will bring the Indignation to a close at 1335 days from the middle of the seventieth week of Daniel (Dan. 12:12). (“The Prophecies of Nahum” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of troublea; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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Or "distress," as Gen. 35.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)