And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- BSB and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.
- NKJV And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever;
- NASB And has rescued us from our enemies, For His faithfulness is everlasting;
- NLT He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever.
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Quick answer
God delivered His people from their adversaries, and His love endures forever.
Overview
Having remembered them in distress, God rescued His people from those who opposed them. His steadfast love is shown not only in past wonders but in continual deliverance. This rescue points to the ultimate deliverance from sin and the enemy of our souls accomplished by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- Ps 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- Luke 1:68–74Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
- Isa 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Deut 15:15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
- Prov 23:10–11Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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