Psalms 71:11

King James Version

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.

Christian Standard Bible®
saying, “God has abandoned him;chase him and catch him,for there is no one to rescue him.”

Hebrew Names Version
Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

Easy-to-Read Version
They say, "Go get him! God has left him, so there is no one to help him."

Amplified Bible
Saying, "God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him."

American Standard Version
Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

Contemporary English Version
They say, "Now we'll catch you! God has deserted you, and no one can save you."

Complete Jewish Bible
They say, "God has abandoned him; go after him, and seize him, because no one will save him."

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Saying: 'God hath forsaken him; pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.'

King James Version (1611)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="psa.71.1" class="versetxt"> [To the chiefe musician, a psalme of Dauid, to bring to remembrance.] Make haste, O God, to deliuer mee, make haste to helpe me, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Let them be turned backe for a reward of their shame, that say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seeke thee, reioyce, and be glad in thee: and let such as loue thy saluation, say continually, Let God be magnified. But I am poore and needy, make haste vnto me, O God: Thou art my helpe and my deliuerer, O Lord make no tarrying.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
saying, God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

English Revised Version
Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

Berean Standard Bible
saying, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him."

Lexham English Bible
saying, "His God has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, because there is no deliverer."

Literal Translation
And they say, God has forsaken him; pursue him and take him, for there is no one to deliver.

New Century Version
They say, "God has left him. Go after him and take him, because no one will save him."

New English Translation
They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"

New King James Version
Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him."

New Living Translation
They say, "God has abandoned him. Let's go and get him, for no one will help him now."

New Life Bible
They say, "God has turned away from him. Run and catch him, for there is no one to take him out of trouble."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Saying, God, hath forsaken him, Pursue and take him, For there is none to rescue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(70-11) Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

George Lamsa Translation
Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Good News Translation
They say, "God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him."

New American Standard Bible
Saying, "God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They say, the Lorde hath forsaken hym: do you persecute hym and take hym, for there is none to delyuer hym.

New Revised Standard
They say, "Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver."

Darby Translation
Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Seiynge, God hath forsake hym; pursue ye, and take hym; for noon is that schal delyuere.

Young's Literal Translation
Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

World English Bible
Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

Revised Standard Version
and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."

Update Bible Version
Saying, God has forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

Bible in Basic English
Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let them be cofounded & perish, that are agaynst my soule: let the be couered with shame & dishonoure, that seke to do me euell.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

Legacy Standard Bible
Saying, "God has forsaken him;Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

Contextual Overview

¹ In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. ² Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. ³ Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. ⁴ Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. ⁵ For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my trust from my youth. ⁶ By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. ⁷ I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. ⁸ Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. ⁹ Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. ¹⁰ For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: Psalms 3:2, Psalms 37:25, Psalms 37:28, Psalms 41:7, Psalms 41:8, Psalms 42:10, Matthew 27:42, Matthew 27:43, Matthew 27:46, Matthew 27:49

for there: Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, 2 Chronicles 32:13, 2 Chronicles 32:14, Daniel 3:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:3 - They are entangled 1 Samuel 23:7 - God hath 2 Kings 18:30 - make you 2 Chronicles 32:11 - The Lord our God Psalms 22:1 - why hast Psalms 22:8 - let him Psalms 35:15 - in mine Psalms 119:42 - So shall Isaiah 36:4 - What Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Mark 15:34 - why Luke 23:35 - derided Romans 7:24 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, God hath forsaken him,.... Good men may seem to others to be forsaken of God; and they themselves may sometimes think they are; and they may be forsaken for a small moment, when God withdraws his gracious presence, or does not afford immediate help; but never finally and totally. This David's enemies concluded, from the distressed condition he was in, being obliged to leave his family and court, and flee from his son, and wander up and down with a small retinue; and this they said to one another, to encourage themselves to lay violent hands upon him, which they thought they might do with ease and impunity; wherefore it follows,

persecute and take him; pursue after him eagerly and diligently; lose no time; and, when come up to him, seize upon him, without any fear of God or man;

for [there is] none to deliver [him]; out of our hands. God will not, for he has forsaken him; and men cannot, for he has not an army sufficient to defend him or recover him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saying, God hath forsaken him - That is, God has given him over; he no longer protects him; he regards him as a wicked man, and we shall therefore, not only be “safe” in our attempts upon his life, but we shall be “justified” in those attempts.

Persecute and take him - It can be done safely now; it can be done with propriety.

For there is none to deliver him - He has no one now to whom to look; no one on whom he can rely. Abandoned by God and by man, he will be an easy prey. Compare the notes at Psalms 41:7-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 71:11. God hath forsaken him — "God, who has been his special help all through life, and who has guarded him so that no hand could be raised successfully against him, has now cast him off; therefore we shall easily prevail against him. His present adversity shows that God is no longer his friend." Thus men judge. "Secular prosperity is a proof of God's favour: adversity is a proof of his displeasure." But this is not God's way, except in especial judgments, &c. He never manifests his pleasure or displeasure by secular good or ill.