Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- BSB Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- NKJV Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; In You I take shelter.
- NASB Save me, Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.
- NLT Rescue me from my enemies, Lord; I run to you to hide me.
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Quick answer
David asks God to deliver him from his enemies, fleeing to Him for shelter. It expresses reliance on God alone as his hiding place.
Overview
Pressed by foes, David flees not to human alliances but to God Himself for refuge and rescue. God is his hiding place and shield. This same refuge is offered to all who flee to Christ, in whom the believer's life is hidden and kept secure (Colossians 3:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Ps 61:3–4For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
- Ps 59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- Ps 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- Ps 31:15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- Ps 56:9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
- Ps 34:2–4My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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