Psalms 59:1

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.Al-taschith…: or, Destroy notMichtam: or, A golden Psalmdefend…: Heb. set me on high

WEB

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

ASV

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

LSV

TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, || Set me on high from my withstanders.

YLT

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.

DBY

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.Elohim

DRC58:2

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.

GNV

To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him. O my God, deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise vp against me.

JPS59:2

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; set me on high from them that rise up against me.

LXXE58:2

Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

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WLC59:2

הַצִּילֵ֖נִי מֵאֹיְבַ֥י ׀ אֱלֹהָ֑י מִּמִתְקוֹמְמַ֥י תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃KJV:Ps.59.1

LXX-Br58:2

Ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ἐπʼ ἐμὲ λύτρωσαί με.

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• 1 Samuel 19:11–24Then 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!” So Michal lowered David…
• Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
• Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
• Luke 1:74–75deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
• 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.
• Psalms 7:1–2O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• 2 Timothy 4:17–18But 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. And the Lord will rescue me…
• Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
• 2 Corinthians 11:32–33In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
• Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
• 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.”
• Psalms 20:1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
• Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
• Judges 16:2–3When 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…
• Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

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