Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 59:9
9I will keep watch for you, my strength, because God is my stronghold.
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
7Look, they spew from their mouths — sharp words from their lips. “For who,” they say, “will hear?” 8But you laugh at them, Lord; you ridicule all the nations. I will keep watch for you, my strength, because God is my stronghold. 10My faithful God will come to meet me; God will let me look down on my adversaries. 11Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 59:9 word by word
עֻ֭זּוֹ אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑רָה כִּֽי־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 59:9
- Psalms 18:1I love you, Lord, my strength.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — whom should I dread?
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.
- Psalms 62:5Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from him.
- Isaiah 12:2Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 26:3You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.
- Isaiah 40:31but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Matthew 6:13And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
- Psalms 59:17To you, my strength, I sing praises, because God is my stronghold — my faithful God.
- Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.
- Psalms 9:9The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalms 20:1May the Lord answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.
- Psalms 46:7The Lord of Armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah
- Isaiah 58:14then you will delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride over the heights of the land, and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Lord my Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on stringed instruments.
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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