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Psalms 59:9
9You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my fortress.
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
7Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths; their words cut like swords. “After all, who can hear us?” they sneer. 8But Lord, you laugh at them. You scoff at all the hostile nations. You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my fortress. 10In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies. 11Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O 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; you are my strength.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation— so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
- Psalms 62:5Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.
- Isaiah 12:2See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
- Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
- Isaiah 40:31But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
- Matthew 6:13And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
- Psalms 59:17O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.
- Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.
- Psalms 9:9The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalms 20:1In times of trouble, may the Lord answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.
- Psalms 46:7The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
- Isaiah 58:14Then the Lord will be your delight. I will give you great honor and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
- Habakkuk 3:19The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by 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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