Isaiah 25:4

For thou hast been a defence to the poor; A defence to the needy in his distress; A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, When the rage of tyrants was like a storm against a wall.

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In The King James Version

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

In Context

3Therefore shall mighty kingdoms praise thee; The cities of the terrible nations shall honor thee;

5As heat in a dry land is made to vanish, So thou puttest down the tumult of the barbarians; As heat is allayed by a thick cloud, So the triumph of the tyrants is brought low.

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Cross References

Job 5:15So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.

Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

Psalms 72:4He shall defend the oppressed of the people; He shall save the needy, And break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalms 91:1He who sitteth under the shelter of the Most High Maketh his abode in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 119:31I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!

Isaiah 4:6There shall be a tent by day for a shadow from the heat, And for a refuge and shelter from the storm and rain.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:2-6

A Song of Praise. ( b. c. 718.) 1 O Lord , thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the… Read the whole commentary →

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