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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Psalms 18:17

He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from foes too mighty for me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Deliverer, Divine;   Divine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deliver;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hating, Hatred;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He rescued me from my powerful enemyand from those who hated me,for they were too strong for me.
Hebrew Names Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
English Standard Version
He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
New Century Version
He saved me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
New English Translation
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
Amplified Bible
He rescued me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
New American Standard Bible
He saved me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
World English Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath deliuered mee from my strong enemie, and from them which hate me: for they were too strong for me.
Legacy Standard Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemy,And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Contemporary English Version
You rescued me from enemies, who were hateful and too powerful for me.
Complete Jewish Bible
"He sent from on high, he took me and pulled me out of deep water;
Darby Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
Easy-to-Read Version
He saved me from my powerful enemies, who hated me. They were too strong for me, so he saved me.
George Lamsa Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemies and from them which hated me; for they were too strong for me.
Good News Translation
He rescued me from my powerful enemies and from all those who hate me— they were too strong for me.
Lexham English Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.
Literal Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from ones hating me; for they were stronger than I.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He delyuered me fro my stronge enemies, and fro my foes which were to mightie for me.
American Standard Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Bible in Basic English
He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
King James Version (1611)
He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie: and from them which hate me, for they were to stout for me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
English Revised Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He sente fro the hiyeste place, and took me; and he took me fro many watris.
Update Bible Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Webster's Bible Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me.
New King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.
New Living Translation
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
New Life Bible
He took me away from the powerful one who fights against me, and from those who hated me. They were too strong for me.
New Revised Standard
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-18) He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Revised Standard Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Young's Literal Translation
He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Contextual Overview

1For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. 2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. 4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. 5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 6In my distress I called upon the LORD and I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears. 7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. 8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals flamed forth. 9He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds under His feet. 10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

strong: Psalms 38:19, 2 Samuel 22:1, 2 Samuel 22:18, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 2:15

them: Psalms 18:40, Psalms 18:41, Psalms 9:13, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 69:4-14, Psalms 118:7, Job 16:9, Luke 19:14

they were: Psalms 35:10, Ephesians 6:10-12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 11:9 - help 1 Samuel 17:37 - The Lord 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped Psalms 40:2 - brought Psalms 118:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the LORD out of the heavens.
2 Kings 4:27
When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."
2 Chronicles 20:7
Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
Psalms 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called a friend of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He delivered me from my strong enemy,.... Which, as it may respect David, may be understood of Goliath the Philistine champion, who was a man of war from his youth; or Saul, king of Israel; and, as it may respect David's antitype, may design either the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, who were men of power and influence; or more especially Satan, the strong man armed, with all his principalities and powers; or, likewise death, the last enemy, from whose pains and cords he was loosed when raised from the dead, and when he was delivered from every other strong enemy;

and from them which hated me; from the old serpent the devil, between whom and him there has been a lasting enmity; and from the world, the people of the Jews, particularly the Pharisees, who bore an implacable hatred to Christ;

for they were too strong for me; as Goliath and Saul were too strong for David of himself, so Christ's enemies were too strong for him; not as God, for he is the mighty God, the Almighty, and stronger than the strong man armed, but as man; for in his human nature he had a sinless weakness, which showed itself in his agonies in the garden; or a natural weakness, through which he was crucified; and this weak nature of Christ Satan attacked, and got an advantage over, and brought it to the dust of death, which is meant by his bruising his heel, though by it he got a broken head. But though Christ's enemies were too strong for him, considered merely as man, they not being, at least many of them, flesh and blood, but principalities and powers; yet being helped by his Father, and supported by his divine nature, he overcame them, and was delivered from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He delivered me from my strong enemy - The enemy that had more power than I had, and that was likely to overcome me. It is probable that the allusion here in the mind of the psalmist would be particularly to Saul.

And from them which hated me - From all who hated and persecuted me, in the time of Saul, and ever onward during my life.

For they were too strong for me - I had no power to resist them, and when I was about to sink under their opposition and malice, God interposed and rescued me. David, valiant and bold as he was as a warrior, was not ashamed, in the review of his life, to admit that he owed his preservation not to his own courage and skill in war, but to God; that his enemies were superior to himself in power; and that if God had not interposed he would have been crushed and destroyed. No man dishonors himself by acknowledging that he owes his success in the world to the divine interposition.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:17. He delivered me from my strong enemy — Does not this refer to his conflict with Ishbi-benob? "And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant-thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel;" 2 Samuel 21:16-17. It appears that at this time he was in the most imminent danger of his life, and that he must have fallen by the hands of the giant, if God had not sent Abishai to his assistance. They were too strong for me. He was nearly overpowered by the Philistines; and his escape was such as evidently to show it to be supernatural.


 
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