American Standard Version
Psalms 59:9
9Because ofhis strength I will give heed unto thee;For God is my high tower.
Psalms 59:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
- New International Version (NIV)You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,
- English Standard Version (ESV)O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense.
Context of Psalms 59:9
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? 8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision. Because ofhis strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower. 10My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 59:9 word by word
עֻ֭זּוֹ אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑רָה כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 59:9
- Psalms 18:1I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
- Psalms 27:1Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 62:5My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
- Isaiah 40:31but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
- Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
- Psalms 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
- Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation: He ismy high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalms 9:9Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
- Psalms 20:1Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
- Psalms 46:7Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah
- Isaiah 58:14then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
- Habakkuk 3:19Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, And will make me to walk upon my high places.
Commentaries on Psalms 59:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee - With this reading, I can make no sense of the passage. But instead of עזו uzzo, "his strength," עזי uzzi, "my strength," is the reading of fourteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., of the Vulgate, Septuagint, Chaldee, and, in effect, of the Aethiopia, Syriac, and Arabic; and also of the Anglo-Saxon. To thee I commit all my strength; all I have I derive from thee, and all the good I possess I attribute to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee - literally, “His strength - I will wait upon thee.” The reference here is not to the strength or power of God, as if the fact that “He” was powerful was a reason why the psalmist should look to him - but it is to the strength or power of the enemy - of Saul and his followers. There is much abruptness in the expression. The psalmist looks at the power of his enemy. “His strength,‘ he cries. It is great. It is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17The psalmist laments the power of enemies who conspire with other nations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. By judicious expositors, and on good grounds, this is better rendered, "O my strength, on Thee will I wait" (Psa 59:17). defence--(Compare Psa 18:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 59
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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