Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
- KJV Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
- NKJV Also draw out the spear, And stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
- NASB Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
- NLT Lift up your spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Let me hear you say, “I will give you victory!”
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Quick answer
David asks God to wield his weapons against pursuers and to assure him, 'I am your salvation.'
Overview
David pleads for God to confront those chasing him and to speak personal assurance to his soul. He desires both rescue and the comfort of God's word of salvation. This longing is answered in Christ, who is himself God's salvation made known to his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Isa 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
- Ps 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
- 1 Sam 23:26–27Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- Isa 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Gen 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Ps 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
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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.
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