Psalms 143:9
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- KJV
- Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
- WEB
- Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- ASV
- Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
- DARBY
- Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.
- BLB
- Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH; to You I have fled for refuge.
- ÅB
- Fri meg fra mine fiender, Herre! Hos deg søker jeg ly.
- OTB
- Redd meg, Herre, fra mine fiender;
Jeg søker ly hos deg. - B1930
- Fri mig fra mine fiender, Herre! Hos dig søker jeg ly.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Read in contextPsalms 61:3–4
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Read in contextPsalms 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Read in contextPsalms 142:5
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Read in contextPsalms 31:15
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Read in contextPsalms 34:2–4
My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
Read in contextPsalms 56:9
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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