Psalms 59:9 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 59:9

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

Because ofhis strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.

WEB

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

YLT

O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower--the God of my kindness.

DBT

Their strength! ...I will take heed to thee; forGod is my high fortress.

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

20 verses on the floor

Psalms 59:17
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms 59:16
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 94:22
But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 9:9
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

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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.

1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O L ORD .

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

By judicious expositors, and on good grounds, this is better rendered, "O my strength, on Thee will I wait" (Ps 59:17). defence--(Compare Ps 18:3).

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

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H486917× in canon H579792× in canon

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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 59:9PSA 27:14 ISA 40:31
PSA 59:9PSA 27:14 PSA 31:24
PSA 59:9PSA 27:14 ISA 30:18
PSA 59:9PSA 27:14 PSA 37:34
PSA 59:9PSA 27:14 PSA 130:5
PSA 59:9PSA 9:9 PSA 46:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 59:9PSA 9:9 PRO 18:10
PSA 59:9PSA 9:9 PSA 91:1-2

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