That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
Parallel translations
- WEB So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
- BSB Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- NKJV That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
- NASB That Your beloved may be rescued, Save us with Your right hand, and answer us!
- NLT Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.
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Quick answer
David prays that God's beloved people be delivered by his powerful right hand. It appeals to God's saving strength for the sake of those he loves.
Overview
David asks God to save with his right hand so that his beloved ones may be rescued. The plea rests on God's affection for his people, not their merit. This anticipates the deliverance God works for his beloved in Christ, in whom believers are loved and saved.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Exod 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- Ps 17:7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
- Ps 108:6–13That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
- Ps 18:35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
- Ps 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
- Matt 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- Ps 74:11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
- Matt 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Jer 11:15What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
- Deut 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Deut 33:12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
- Deut 7:7–8The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Ps 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- Ps 22:8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Ps 20:6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
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