For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
- KJV But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
- NKJV But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
- NASB But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.
- NLT You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us.
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Quick answer
It is God who has saved His people from their adversaries and shamed their enemies. It matters because every victory is credited to God's saving hand.
Overview
The psalmist affirms past deliverances as God's work, contrasting the shame of enemies with the salvation of God's people. This confession sets the stage for the painful question of why deliverance now seems absent. Ultimately God's saving acts find their climax in Christ, who triumphs over every hostile power.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 136:24and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
- Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
- Josh 23:9–10The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
- Josh 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Ps 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- Josh 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Ps 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Ps 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
- Ps 83:1–18A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- 1 Sam 17:47And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
- 1 Sam 14:6–10Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
- Josh 10:8–10The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
- Judg 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
- Josh 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- 1 Sam 7:8–12and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- Judg 7:4–7Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
- 2 Sam 7:10And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
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