Psalms 59:2

when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men.

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In The King James Version

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

In Context

1Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction:

3O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:2O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:

Psalms 27:2Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:2-8

Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord . 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked… Read the whole commentary →

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