But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
- BSB For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
- 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
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 136:24And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
- Ps 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
- Josh 23:9–10For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
- Josh 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Ps 144:10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- Josh 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Ps 40:14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Ps 53:5There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
- Ps 83:1–18Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- 1 Sam 17:47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
- 1 Sam 14:6–10And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
- Josh 10:8–10And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
- Judg 2:18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Josh 11:6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
- 1 Sam 7:8–12And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judg 7:4–7And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
- 2 Sam 7:10Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
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