“Do not be afraid,^(C) Abram.
    I am your shield,^[a](D)
    your very great reward.^[b](E)”

⁹ The Lord is a refuge^(A) for the oppressed,^(B)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(C)

⁶ You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
    but the Lord is their refuge.^(A)

¹⁹ Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge^(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come^(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,^(C)
    worthless idols^(D) that did them no good.^(E)

⁶⁹ He has raised up a horn^[a](A) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(B)