Psalms 59:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.

WEB

Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.

YLT

Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.

DBT

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

9 verses on the floor

Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices2

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

): " Deliver me from my enemies, O my God! thou art God, and cast deliver me, my God, under whose protection I have put myself; and thou hast promised me to be a God all-sufficient, and therefore, in honour and faithfulness, thou wilt deliver me.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

4, 5. prepare, &c.--literally, "set themselves as in array." awake--(Compare Ps 3:7; 7:6), appeals to God in His covenant relation to His people (Ps 9:18). They are as ravening dogs seeking prey, and as such, belch out--that is, slanders, their impudent barkings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Words5

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 59:2PSA 55:23 PSA 5:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 59:2PSA 55:23 PRO 10:27
PSA 59:2PSA 27:2 PSA 118:12
PSA 59:2PSA 139:19 PSA 119:115
PSA 59:2PSA 27:2 PSA 3:7
PSA 59:2PSA 55:23 JOB 15:32
PSA 59:2PSA 139:19 ISA 11:4
PSA 59:2PSA 27:2 PSA 22:16

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