מַחְסֶּה

Job 24:8 מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה shelter

Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Psalm 14:6 מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃ [is] refuge his

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

Here: 'His refuge': a place to run to for cover from storm, attack or pursuit. The suffix 'his' points back to the afflicted one. YHWH himself is the shelter the oppressor cannot get through.

Psalm 46:1 מַחֲסֶ֣ה [is] a refuge

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Here: A place you run to for cover, such as a rock overhang, a shelter from a storm or a hiding place from enemies. It comes from the verb 'to take refuge', so it implies someone fleeing and trusting.

Psalm 61:3 מַחְסֶ֣ה a refuge

For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

Here: A concrete place you run into for cover, from storm, rain or danger. It comes from the verb ḥāsâ, "to take shelter," which reappears in the next verse ("let me take refuge in the shelter of your wings").

Psalm 62:7 מַ֝חְסִ֗י refuge my

My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

Here: "My refuge": the place you run to for cover from a storm or a pursuer. It comes from the verb "to take refuge". Verse 8 picks it up again and widens it to the whole people: "God is a refuge for us."

Psalm 62:8 מַחֲסֶה־ [is] a refuge

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

Here: A place you run to for cover from storm, heat or danger. It repeats "my refuge" from verse 7, now made communal.

Psalm 71:7 מַֽחֲסִי־ [are] refuge of my

I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

Here: A place you run to for cover, such as a shelter from storm and rain. The 'my' is grammatically attached to the first word, but it covers the whole phrase: 'my strong-refuge'.

Psalm 73:28 מַחְסִ֑י refuge my

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

Here: 'My shelter', from the verb chasah, 'to take cover'. It is a place you run into for protection, like a rock overhang from a storm or a stronghold from attack.

Psalm 91:2 מַחְסִ֣י refuge my

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Here: “My refuge”: a place you run to for cover from storm, rain or attack. It comes from the verb ḥāsâ, “to take refuge.” That verb returns in verse 4 (“under his wings you will take refuge”), and the noun returns in verse 9.

Psalm 91:9 מַחְסִ֑י refuge my

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—

Here: "My shelter": a place you run to for cover from storm, enemy or danger. The first-person "my" echoes the speaker's own confession in v. 2 ("my refuge and my fortress"). The main Hebrew pause marker falls on this word, closing the first half of the verse.

Psalm 94:22 מַחְסִֽי׃ shelter my

But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.

Here: "My shelter." The word comes from the verb chasah, "to take shelter, seek refuge". It names the place a hunted or storm-beaten creature runs to. "Rock of my shelter" means the crag I flee to and hide under.

Psalm 104:18 מַחְסֶ֥ה [are] a refuge

The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

Psalm 142:5 מַחְסִ֑י [are] refuge my

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Here: “My shelter”: a place you run into for cover from storm, heat or attack, such as a cleft in the rock. In verse 4 he said the way of escape had “perished from me.” Now he names God as the cover he still has.

Proverbs 14:26 מַחְסֶֽה׃ a refuge

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Here: A place you run to for cover, from ḥasah, "to take refuge". In the Psalms it is almost always a title for God himself (Ps 46:1; 62:7–8; 91:2, 9). The verse ends on this word: protection that outlasts the parent.

Isaiah 4:6 וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ and for refuge

a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

Isaiah 25:4 מַחְסֶ֤ה a shelter

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Here: A place you flee to for cover. It comes from the verb chasah, "take refuge", which in the Psalms is a key word for trusting God.

Isaiah 28:15 מַחְסֵ֖נוּ refuge our

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

Here: 'Our refuge'. In the Psalms this is a word for God himself ('God is our refuge', Ps 46:1). They have put a lie where the LORD should stand.

Isaiah 28:17 מַחְסֵ֣ה [the] refuge of

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Here: A place you run to for safety. In the Psalms God is Israel's maḥsēh (Ps 46:1; 91:2). The leaders have put something else in that place.

Jeremiah 17:17 מַֽחֲסִי־ [are] refuge my

Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Here: 'My refuge.' It is a place you run to for cover from storm or attack. It comes first in its clause for emphasis ('My shelter — that is you'), and it sounds like the word for 'terror' just before it (both begin m-ch-).

Joel 3:16 מַֽחֲסֶ֣ה [will be] a refuge

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Here: A place you run to for cover, such as a rock overhang in a storm (Isa 4:6; 25:4). Inside the storm Yahweh is himself causing, he is the shelter.