New English Translation
Psalms 7:1
1O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue 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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver 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,
Context of Psalms 7:1
O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me! 2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me. 3O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
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 3:1This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:
- 2 Samuel 16:1When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.
- Psalms 13:3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
- Psalms 18:28Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. My God illuminates the darkness around me.
- Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
- Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’
- Joshua 14:8My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
- Daniel 9:4I prayed to the lord my God, confessing in this way: “O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- Zechariah 14:5Then you will escape through my mountain valley, for the mountains will extend to Azal. Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come with all his holy ones with him.
- Psalms 11:1In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, “Flee to a mountain like a bird!
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
- Psalms 25:2My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering.
- Psalms 31:1In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing 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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