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If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
Psalms 138:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
  • KJV Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
  • NKJV Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
  • NASB ¶Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
  • NLT Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.

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Quick answer

Even amid trouble God revives David and saves him from his enemies' wrath.

Overview

David expresses confidence that God will preserve him in the midst of danger and stretch out His hand against his foes. His trust rests not in his own strength but in God's saving right hand. This deliverance in trouble foreshadows the salvation Christ secures, who brings His people safely through every trial.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  • Ps 23:3–4He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
  • Ps 71:20–21Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
  • Ps 85:6Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
  • Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Isa 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  • Mic 7:8–10Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • Ps 144:1–2Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
  • Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
  • Isa 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  • Job 19:25–26But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  • Ps 119:49–50Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
  • Ps 66:10–12For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
  • Ps 44:5–7Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
  • Ps 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
  • Ps 60:5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
  • Jer 51:25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
  • Ps 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
  • Ps 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
  • Ps 64:7–8But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
  • Ps 35:1–3Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
  • Ps 41:7–8All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
  • Ps 56:9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
  • Ps 20:6Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
  • Ps 77:10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
  • Ps 56:1–2For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
  • Isa 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  • Isa 9:21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  • Isa 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  • Isa 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 138:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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