For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
Parallel translations
- KJV For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
- BSB For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
- NKJV For He has delivered me out of all trouble; And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.
- NASB For He has saved me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
- NLT For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over my enemies.
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David testifies that God has delivered him from all trouble and let him see his enemies defeated. It closes the psalm with confident praise for deliverance.
Overview
David speaks as though the rescue is already accomplished, so sure is his faith. He recounts deliverance from every trouble and victory over his foes. This forward-looking confidence rests on God's character and foreshadows the believer's assured triumph in Christ over every enemy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 59:10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- Ps 92:11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
- Ps 112:8His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
- Ps 118:7Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
- 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ps 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Ps 34:6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Ps 91:8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- 2 Sam 4:9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
- 1 Sam 26:24Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in Yahweh’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.”
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