The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord also will be a Refuge for the oppressed. Misgab, translated "refuge," is literally "a hill-fort" (comp. Psalms 144:2, where it is rendered "high tower"). David's use of the metaphor is reasonably ascribed to his having "often experienced safety in such places, when fleeing from Saul" (Hengstenberg; see 1 Samuel 23:14).

A refuge in times of trouble; literally, in times in trouble; i.e. "in times that are steeped in trouble" (Kay).

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