מִשְׂגָּב

2 Samuel 22:3 מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ refuge my

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

Here: 'My secure height': a place too high and steep for an enemy to reach. It could be a crag or a fortified height. It is not necessarily a built tower.

Psalm 9:9 מִשְׂגָּ֣ב מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב a refuge

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Here: This is a place made safe by its height: a crag or a fortified height the attacker cannot reach. The LORD himself is pictured as that height, lifted up out of the enemy's reach.

Psalm 18:2 מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ refuge my

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Here: 'My high refuge.' A place set so high that attackers cannot reach it. The list ends where it began, up on the heights out of the enemy's reach.

Psalm 46:7 מִשְׂגָּֽב־ [is] a refuge

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Here: From a root meaning 'to be high, out of reach'. It is a height or fortified place an enemy cannot get to. It is a different word from the 'refuge' (machaseh, a shelter) of verse 1. Here it pictures safety by being lifted out of reach.

Psalm 46:11 מִשְׂגָּֽב־ [is] a refuge

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Here: From a root meaning "to be high, too high to reach." A misgav is a fortified height: a cliff-top fort or high walls that attackers cannot scale. It is put first in its line for emphasis: "A high stronghold for us is the God of Jacob."

Psalm 48:3 לְמִשְׂגָּֽב׃ to a refuge

God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

Here: 'As a high refuge': a stronghold set so high that attackers cannot reach it. The little prefix lə- means 'as' or 'for', saying in what role God has shown himself. The word comes from a root meaning 'to be (unreachably) high', which matches the picture of lofty Mount Zion in verse 2.

Psalm 59:9 מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ [is] refuge my

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

Here: 'My high refuge': a place set too high for attackers to reach, like a fortified height or citadel. It sets up the picture of enemies prowling below in the city, unable to climb to him.

Psalm 59:16 מִשְׂגָּ֣ב a refuge

But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

Here: A high, hard-to-reach fortified place, from a root meaning "to be high, out of reach." The picture is safety by height, above the reach of the enemies prowling the streets below.

Psalm 59:17 מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י [is] refuge my

To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

Here: 'My high place out of reach': a location that attackers cannot get to. It answers the prayer of verse 1, where 'set me on high' uses a verb from the same root.

Psalm 62:2 מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י refuge my

He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

Here: 'My high refuge': a place set up high where attackers cannot reach. It comes from a root meaning 'to be high, out of reach.' The rock is not just solid. It lifts the speaker above his attackers.

Psalm 62:6 מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י refuge my

He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

Here: A safe place up high that attackers cannot reach, from a root meaning 'to be too high to reach'. It adds the idea of height to 'rock': God is the place no one can get at the speaker.

Psalm 94:22 לְמִשְׂגָּ֑ב <into> a refuge

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

Here: "Into a secure height." The root means "to be high, out of reach". The picture is a fortified height that attackers cannot climb to. It is a place to stand, not an abstract quality of protection.

Psalm 144:2 מִשְׂגַּבִּ֪י refuge my

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Here: 'My high refuge': a place set up so high that attackers cannot reach it. The root means 'to be high, out of reach'. The safety comes from the height.

Isaiah 25:12 מִשְׂגַּ֣ב [the] refuge of

The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

Isaiah 33:16 מִשְׂגַּבּ֑וֹ refuge his

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Here: 'His high refuge': a place out of the enemy's reach because it is so high. The word is close in sound and root to v. 5, where the LORD is nisgab, 'exalted, set high out of reach'.

Jeremiah 48:1 הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖ב the stronghold

Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

Here: 'The high refuge', a fortress too high to reach. It may be Kiriathaim's citadel, Moab's fortresses in general, or a town called Misgab (KJV). The same word names Yahweh as Israel's refuge in the Psalms.