Psalms 140:7

In 11 translations

BSB

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

KJV

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

WEB

Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

ASV

O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

LSV

O YHWH, my Lord, strength of my salvation, || You have covered my head in the day of armor.

YLT

O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

DBY

Jehovah, the Lord, is the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

DRC139:8

O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

GNV

O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.

JPS140:8

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle,

LXXE139:8

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:8

יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗י בְּי֣וֹם נָֽשֶׁק׃KJV:Ps.140.7

LXX-Br139:8

Κύριε Κύριε, δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
• Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
• Psalms 18:1–2I love You, O LORD, my strength. 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.
• Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
• Deuteronomy 33:27–29The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled…
• Psalms 28:7–8The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song. The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for…
• Psalms 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
• Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
• Psalms 59:17To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
• Psalms 95:1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
• Psalms 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
• 1 Samuel 17:45–51But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD…
• Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
• 1 Samuel 17:36–37Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and…
• 2 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
• 2 Samuel 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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