Psalms 108:6
Answer our prayers and by your power help us [MTY] to defeat our enemies in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:12I say this about the tribe of Benjamin: They are the tribe that Yahweh loves; he keeps them safe. He protects them continually, and he lives among their hills [MET].
1 Kings 18:24Then they must call to their god [MTY], and I will call to Yahweh. The god who answers by lighting a fire to the wood that is on that altar is the true God!” Then all the people thought that Elijah’s suggestion was good.
1 Kings 18:29They continued calling out to Baal all afternoon. But there was no reply, no answer, no god who paid attention.
2 Chronicles 32:20Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cried out to God, praying about this.
Psalms 54:1God, by your power [MTY, DOU] save me from my enemies, and show people that I have not done anything that is wrong!
Psalms 60:5Answer our prayers and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat our enemies in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 108:2-6
Directions for Praising God. 1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 3 I will praise thee, O Lord , among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; We may here learn how to praise God from the example of one who was master of the art. 1. We… Read the whole commentary →