Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Parallel translations
- WEB That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
- KJV That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
- NKJV That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
- NASB So that Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!
- NLT Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.
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Quick answer
David asks God to save with his right hand so that his beloved people may be delivered.
Overview
Turning to petition, David pleads for God's saving power on behalf of those God loves. The 'right hand' signifies God's mighty intervention. This cry for deliverance of God's beloved foreshadows the salvation God works through his beloved Son, by whose mighty hand his people are rescued.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 32:20–22In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
- Ps 60:5–12Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Deut 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- Col 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- Ps 35:1–3Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Isa 51:2–11Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
- Jer 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Ps 54:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
- Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- 1 Kgs 18:24Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
- Ps 144:5–7Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Rom 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Kgs 18:29Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
- Exod 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- 2 Sam 12:25and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
- 1 Kgs 18:26And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
- Ps 98:1–2A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
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