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Deliver Me from My Enemies

Psalms 59:10

In 11 translations

BSB
My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
KJV
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.enemies: Heb. observers
WEB
My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
ASV
My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
LSV
God goes before me, || He causes me to look on my enemies.
YLT
God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
DBY
God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, — God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.ElohimElohim
DRC58:11
My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
GNV
My mercifull God will preuent me: God wil let me see my desire vpon mine enemies.
JPS59:11
The God of my mercy will come to meet me; God will let me gaze upon mine adversaries.
LXXE58:11
As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me vengeance on mine enemies.

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  • Written (Ketiv): חַסְדּוֹ (“covenant loyalty his”). Read aloud (Qere): חַסְדִּ֣י (“covenant loyalty my”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads חַסְדִּ֣ו; read aloud (Qere) reads חַסְדִּ֣י (“covenant loyalty my”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC59:11
אֱלֹהֵ֣י חסדו יְקַדְּמֵ֑נִי אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יַרְאֵ֥נִי בְשֹׁרְרָֽי׃KJV:Ps.59.10Read aloud as (qere): חַסְדִּ֣י
LXX-Br58:11
Ὁ Θεός μου, τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ προφθάσει με, ὁ Θεός μου δείξει μοι ἐν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
  • Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
  • Psalms 59:17To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
  • Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
  • Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
  • Psalms 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
  • Psalms 91:8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
  • Ephesians 2:4–5But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  • Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
  • Psalms 56:2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
  • Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
  • 2 Samuel 1:11–12Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and…
  • 2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
  • Luke 19:41–44As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your…
  • Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

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  • 59:11 in some Bibles
  • 59:10 in most Bibles

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