Psalms 71:11
9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
- KJV
- Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- WEB
- saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
- ASV
- Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
- DARBY
- Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.
- BLB
- saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue him and seize him, for [there is] none to deliver [him]!”
- ÅB
- og sier: Gud har forlatt ham; forfølg og grip ham, for det er ingen som redder!
- OTB
- De sier: "Gud har forlatt ham;
Forfølg og fang ham, for det er ingen som redder ham." - B1930
- og sier: Gud har forlatt ham; forfølg og grip ham, for det er ingen som redder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Read in contextPsalms 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Read in contextMatthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Read in contextPsalms 3:2
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:13–14
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
Read in contextDaniel 3:15
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
Read in contextPsalms 42:10
Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Read in contextMatthew 27:42–43
“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
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