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Deliver Me from My Enemies

Psalms 59:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
KJV
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
WEB
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
ASV
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.
LSV
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, || And save me from men of blood.
YLT
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
DBY
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
DRC58:3
Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
GNV
Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the bloody men.
JPS59:3
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the men of blood.
LXXE58:3
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC59:3
הַ֭צִּילֵנִי מִפֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וּֽמֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים הוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃KJV:Ps.59.2
LXX-Br58:3
Ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ ἐξ ἀνδρῶν αἱμάτων σῶσόν με.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
  • Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
  • Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  • Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 59:3 in some Bibles
  • 59:2 in most Bibles

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