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New King James Version

2 Samuel 22:4

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Praise;   Thompson Chain Reference - Worthiness, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Hearing;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,and I was saved from my enemies.
Hebrew Names Version
I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.
King James Version
I will call on the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Lexham English Bible
I call upon Yahweh who is praiseworthy, and I am saved from those who hate me.
English Standard Version
I call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
New Century Version
I will call to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I will be saved from my enemies.
New English Translation
I called to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies.
Amplified Bible
"I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
New American Standard Bible
"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praysed: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
Legacy Standard Bible
I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,And I am saved from my enemies.
Contemporary English Version
I praise you, our Lord ! I prayed to you, and you rescued me from my enemies.
Complete Jewish Bible
I call on Adonai , who is worthy of praise; and I am saved from my enemies.
Darby Translation
I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised; So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Easy-to-Read Version
I called to the Lord for help, and he saved me from my enemies. He is worthy of my praise!
George Lamsa Translation
I will call upon the LORD, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Good News Translation
I call to the Lord , and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the Lord !
Literal Translation
I call on Jehovah, the One to be praised; and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil call vpon the LORDE with prayse, so shal I be delyuered fro myne enemies.
American Standard Version
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Bible in Basic English
I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy: and so shall I be saued from myne enemies.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
King James Version (1611)
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
English Revised Version
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Berean Standard Bible
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal inwardly clepe the Lord worthi to be preisid; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes.
Young's Literal Translation
The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
Update Bible Version
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So I shall be saved from my enemies.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
World English Bible
I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.
New Living Translation
I called on the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.
New Life Bible
I call upon the Lord, Who should be praised. I am saved from those who hate me.
New Revised Standard
I call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh, - And, from my foes, was I saved.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Revised Standard Version
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
THE MESSAGE
I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

Contextual Overview

2 And he said: Psalms 18">[fn] "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. 4 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. 5 "When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 6 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears. 8 "Then the earth shook and trembled;The foundations of heaven Psalms 18:7).">[fn] quaked and were shaken,Because He was angry. 9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. 11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew;And He was seen Psalms 18:10); Targum reads He spoke with power.">[fn] upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Psalms 116:2, Psalms 116:4, Psalms 116:13, Psalms 116:17

worthy: Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 18:3, Psalms 66:2, Psalms 106:2, Psalms 148:1-4, Revelation 4:11, Revelation 5:12

so: Psalms 34:6, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 55:16, Psalms 56:9, Psalms 57:1-3, Romans 10:13

Cross-References

Exodus 5:3
So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."
Exodus 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
Exodus 19:11
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives."
Leviticus 7:17
the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire.
Numbers 10:33
So they departed from the mountain of the LORD on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them for the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.
Numbers 19:19
The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.
Numbers 31:19
And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.
Joshua 1:11
"Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, "Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess."'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will call on the Lord, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. :-.


 
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