Psalms 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
In Context
2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
Cross References
Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
Psalms 71:4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:1
This psalm is of the same nature and scope with six or seven foregoing psalms; they are all filled with David's complaints of the malice of his enemies and of their cursed and cruel designs against him, his prayers and prophecies against them, and his comfort and confidence in God as his God. The first is the language of nature, and may be allowed; the second of a prophetical spirit, looking forward to Christ and the enemies of his kingdom, and therefore not to be drawn into a precedent; the third of grace and a… Read the whole commentary →