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Be My Rock of Refuge

Psalms 71:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
KJV
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
WEB
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
ASV
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
LSV
O my God, cause me to escape || From the hand of the wicked, || From the hand of the perverse and violent.
YLT
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
DBY
My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.Elohim
DRC70:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner, and out of the hand of the transgressor of the law and of the unjust.
GNV
Deliuer mee, O my God, out of the hande of the wicked: out of the hande of the euill and cruell man.
JPS
O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
LXXE70:4
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, from the hand of the transgressor and unjust man.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֱֽלֹהַ֗י פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי מִיַּ֣ד רָשָׁ֑ע מִכַּ֖ף מְעַוֵּ֣ל וְחוֹמֵץ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br70:4
Ὁ Θεός μου ῥῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἐκ χειρὸς παρανομοῦντος καὶ ἀδικοῦντος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 140:1–4Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence, who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah Guard…
  • Psalms 59:1–2Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
  • 2 Samuel 17:1–2Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with…
  • Psalms 17:8–9Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
  • Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
  • 2 Samuel 17:12–14Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain. If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that…
  • 2 Samuel 17:21After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  • 2 Samuel 16:21–22Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be…

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