Verse 1

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:48 : 48 My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
  • Ps 71:4 : 4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
  • Ps 140:4 : 4 Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
  • Hab 1:2-3 : 2 Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- `Violence,' and Thou dost not save. 3 Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence `are' before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift `itself' up,
  • Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
  • Ps 59:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. 2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. 3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.