The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Parallel translations
- WEB My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- BSB My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
- NKJV My God of mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.
- NASB My God in His faithfulness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my enemies.
- NLT In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.
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Quick answer
David is confident that God in his steadfast love will go before him and grant him victory. It rests assurance entirely on God's covenant mercy.
Overview
David trusts that God's loving kindness will lead the way and bring him through to triumph over his foes. The victory he anticipates is God's gift, not his own achievement. Such confidence flows from God's faithful, covenant love, fully revealed in Christ who secures our final victory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 22
- 1 Pet 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- Ps 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
- Ps 54:7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
- Ps 21:3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Ps 54:5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
- Eph 2:4–5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Ps 92:11Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
- 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
- Ps 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- Ps 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- Luke 19:41–44And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Ps 112:8His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
- Isa 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Jer 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
- 2 Sam 1:11–12Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
- Ps 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- 2 Sam 1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
- Ps 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Ps 79:8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- 1 Th 4:15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- 1 Sam 26:10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
- Rom 10:2–3For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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