That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
Parallel translations
- WEB That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
- BSB Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- 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 32:20–22And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
- Ps 60:5–12That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
- Deut 33:12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
- Col 3:12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
- Ps 35:1–3Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Isa 51:2–11Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Jer 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
- Isa 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Ps 54:1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
- Matt 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
- 1 Kgs 18:24And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
- Ps 144:5–7Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
- Matt 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Rom 1:7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Kgs 18:29And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
- Exod 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- 2 Sam 12:25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 18:26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
- Ps 98:1–2O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
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