English Standard Version
Psalms 7:1
1O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
Psalms 7:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
- New International Version (NIV)Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,
- New Living Translation (NLT)I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
Context of Psalms 7:1
O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, 2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. 3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
Read all of Psalms 7Psalms 7:1 word by word
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי מִכָּל־רֹ֝דְפַ֗י וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 7:1
- Habakkuk 3:1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
- 2 Samuel 16:1When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
- Psalms 13:3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
- Psalms 18:28For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
- Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
- Psalms 89:26He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
- Joshua 14:8But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
- Daniel 9:4I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- Zechariah 14:5And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
- Psalms 11:1In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 25:2O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Psalms 31:1In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
Commentaries on Psalms 7:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O Lord my God - אלהי יהוה Yehovah Elohai, words expressive of the strongest confidence the soul can have in the Supreme Being. Thou self-existent, incomprehensible, almighty, and eternal Being, who neither needest nor hatest any thing that thou hast made; thou art my God: God in covenant with thy creature man; and my God and portion particularly. Therefore, in thee do I put thy trust - I repose all my confidence in thee, and expect all my good from thee…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust - The psalm opens with an expression of strong confidence in God. The psalmist addresses Yahweh as his God, and says that in him he trusts or confides. The word rendered trust - חסה châsâh - means “to flee;” to flee to a place; to take shelter; and is applied to taking shelter under the shadow or protection of one Judges 9:15; Isaiah 30:2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 61:4. The idea here is, that in his troubles he fled to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist prays to God to plead his cause, and judge for him. (1-9) He expresses confidence in God, and will give him the glory of his deliverance. (10-17) Verses 1-9 David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found nothing whereof justly to accuse him. Yet for our sakes, submitting to be charged as guilty, he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Pursuers, a common term for enemies, actively look for people in order to harm or destroy them (Psalm 31:15; 56:1–2; 71:11; 143:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-2. Though many enemies set upon him, one is singled out as prominent, and compared to a wild beast tearing his prey to pieces (compare 1Sa 20:1; 23:23; 26:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 7
- 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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