Verse 4

My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and the oppressor.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 Ahithophel answered, "Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he left to care for the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened." 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-2 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.' 2 I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king.
  • 2 Sam 17:12-14 : 12 'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.' 13 'If he retreats into a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will pull it into the valley until not even a pebble remains.' 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:21 : 21 After they had left, the two men came up out of the well. They went and informed King David, saying, 'Get up and cross the river quickly, because this is what Ahithophel has advised against you.'
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Protect me as you would the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. 9 Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.
  • Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.
  • Ps 59:1-2 : 1 For the director: Do not destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him. 2 Deliver me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
  • Ps 140:1-4 : 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David. 2 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence. 3 They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long. 4 They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.