Psalms 17:13

Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

In Context

12They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:6Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

Psalms 44:23Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

Psalms 94:16Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

Isaiah 10:5Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

Isaiah 13:5To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:9-15

Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord , disappoint him,… Read the whole commentary →

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