Psalms 59:1

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Psalms 59:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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

3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

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Psalms 57:1

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalms 58:1

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Judges 16:2

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Judges 16:3

But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

1 Samuel 19:11

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 19:13

Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

1 Samuel 19:14

When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

1 Samuel 19:15

But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

1 Samuel 19:16

And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.

1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

1 Samuel 19:18

So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

1 Samuel 19:19

When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

1 Samuel 19:20

he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

1 Samuel 19:21

When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

1 Samuel 19:22

Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

1 Samuel 19:23

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

1 Samuel 19:24

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

2 Corinthians 11:33

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

Psalms 7:1

O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

Psalms 7:2

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Psalms 18:48

who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

Psalms 71:4

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

Psalms 143:12

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

Luke 1:74

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

2 Timothy 4:18

And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalms 12:5

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 91:14

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.