My Strength Is My Stronghold in the Day of Trouble

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 244:3

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Another interpretation: "My strength" means none other than might, as it is said, "O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble" (Jeremiah 16:19), and it says, "my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusted" (Psalms 28:7).

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