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Psalms 59:1
1Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.
Psalms 59:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
Context of Psalms 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me. 2Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood. 3See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 59:1 word by word
הַצִּילֵ֖נִי מֵאֹיְבַ֥י׀ אֱלֹהָ֑י מִּמִתְקוֹמְמַ֥י תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 59:1
- Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
- Psalms 58:1Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
- Judges 16:2The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”
- 1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
- Psalms 7:1Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
- Psalms 18:48who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
- Psalms 71:4Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
- Psalms 143:12In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
- Luke 1:74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
- Psalms 12:5“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
- Psalms 91:14“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
- Isaiah 33:16they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
Commentaries on Psalms 59:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Deliver me from mine enernies, O my God - A very proper prayer in the mouth of Nehemiah, when resisted in his attempts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem by Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, who opposed the work, and endeavored to take away the life of the person whom God had raised up to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. I conceive the Psalm to have been made on this occasion; and on this hypothesis alone I think it capable of consistent explanation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God - See the notes at Psalm 18:48. This prayer was offered when the spies sent by Saul surrounded the house of David. They had come to apprehend him, and it is to be presumed that they had come in sufficient numbers, and with sufficient power, to effect their object. Their purpose was not to break in upon him in the night, but to watch their opportunity, when he went forth in the morning, to slay him 1 Samuel 19:11, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David prays for deliverance from his enemies. (1-7) He foresees their destruction. (8-17) Verses 1-7 In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voice of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution. And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivered from our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1See 1 Samuel 19:11–18.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171. defend me--(Compare Margin). rise up ... me--(Compare Psa 17:7).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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