Deliver Me, O LORD!
(2 Samuel 15:13–29)
A Psalms of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
O LORD, how my foes have increased! Psa 17:72Sa 17:11-132Sa 16:152Sa 15:1-18Mat 27:25Mat 10:21
How many rise up against me!
Many say of me, Psa 71:11Psa 42:3Psa 42:10Psa 22:7Psa 4:4Mat 27:42-432Sa 16:7-8Hab 3:13
“God will not deliver him.”
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But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, Psa 27:6Psa 28:7Gen 15:1Psa 119:114Isa 60:19Psa 62:7Psa 84:11Psa 18:2
my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
To the LORD I cry aloud, Psa 34:4Isa 65:24Psa 91:15Psa 34:6Jas 5:13Jer 29:12-13Mat 7:7Psa 2:6
and He answers me from His holy mountain.
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I lie down and sleep; Psa 4:8Pro 3:24Isa 26:3Lev 26:6Job 11:18-19Pro 18:10Psa 127:2Pro 14:26
I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
I will not fear the myriads Rom 8:31Psa 27:1-3Psa 118:10-12Psa 23:42Ki 6:15-17Psa 46:72Sa 18:7Psa 46:2
set against me on every side.
Arise, O LORD! Psa 58:6Job 29:17Job 16:10Psa 10:12Psa 59:5Psa 6:4Lam 3:30Psa 12:5
Save me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
Salvation belongs to the LORD; Isa 43:11Jon 2:9Psa 37:39-40Hos 13:4Rev 7:10Act 4:12Eph 1:3Pro 21:31
may Your blessing be on Your people.
Selah