Psalms 59:1

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“Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.”

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“Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“To the Overseer. --`Destroy not,' by David. --A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 59:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
  2. 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
  3. Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
  4. Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  5. Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
  6. Psalms 20:1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
  7. Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
  8. Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
  9. Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
  10. Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
  11. Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
  12. Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
  13. Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
  14. Luke 1:74deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
  15. 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
  16. 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

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