Psalms 59:1
Save me, O God, from my enemies; secure me from my assailants.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
In Context
2Save me from those who do wrong, save me from the bloodthirsty.
Cross References
Psalms 7:1Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
Psalms 18:48who saved me from angry foes, and set me above my assailants, safe from the violent.
Psalms 57:1Be gracious, O God, be gracious to me, for in you I take shelter. In your sheltering wings I take refuge, till ruin be over past.
Psalms 71:4Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
Psalms 143:9Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled 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 →