Psalms 71:4

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Psalms 71:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

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

5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

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Psalms 17:8

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalms 17:9

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Psalms 17:13

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Psalms 59:1

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

Psalms 59:2

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

Psalms 140:1

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

Psalms 140:2

who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

Psalms 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Psalms 140:4

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

2 Samuel 16:22

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 17:1

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

2 Samuel 17:12

Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

2 Samuel 17:13

If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:21

After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”