Psalms 71:4

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

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  • 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.

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  • 4 They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 71:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2 In your righteousness, deliver me and rescue me; turn your ear to me and save me.

    3 Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I can always come; you have commanded to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

  • 1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

  • 11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

  • 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 7:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 A passionate song of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

    2 O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.

  • Ps 59:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

  • Ps 31:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.

    15 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my God.'

  • 21 'I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the violent.'

  • 11 Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • 21 But You, Lord my God, act on my behalf for the sake of Your name; because Your steadfast love is good, deliver me.

  • 4 For you are my rock and my fortress. For the sake of your name, guide me and lead me.

  • 7 Stretch out Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me from the mighty waters, from the hand of foreign peoples.

  • 48 The God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me,

  • 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

  • 26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your steadfast love.

  • 13 Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.

  • 14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

  • 49 He delivers me from my enemies; you lift me up above those who rise against me; you rescue me from the violent man.

  • 12 God, do not be far from me; my God, come quickly to help me.

  • 5 For you are my hope, Lord, my confidence from my youth.

  • 9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.

  • 14 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, at an acceptable time. God, in your abundant love, answer me with your salvation, which is sure.

  • 13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

  • 134 Redeem me from the oppression of men, so that I may keep Your precepts.

  • 17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

  • 9 Keep me from the trap they have set for me and from the snares of those who do evil.

  • 13 For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.

  • 1 To the chief musician, with stringed instruments, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.

  • 12 Do not hand me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

  • 20 But you, LORD, do not be far off; you are my strength; come quickly to help me.

  • 7 Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

  • 9 Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

  • 3 My God is my rock where I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, and my savior. You save me from violence.

  • 18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.

  • 6 I cry to You, LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'

  • 18 Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Hurry and answer me.

  • 1 A Miktam of David: Guard me, O God, for I have taken refuge in You.

  • 2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

  • 24 Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • 8 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

  • 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'

  • 14 O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.