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Wycliffe Bible

Psalms 17:13

Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Agency;   Sword;   The Topic Concordance - Satisfaction;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sword, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deliver;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Future State;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Decrees of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Belly;   Disappoint;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Psalms, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rise up, Lord!Confront him; bring him down.With your sword, save me from the wicked.
Hebrew Names Version
Arise, LORD, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
King James Version
Arise, O Lord , disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
English Standard Version
Arise, O Lord ! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
New Century Version
Lord , rise up, face the enemy, and throw them down. Save me from the wicked with your sword.
New English Translation
Rise up, Lord ! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!
Amplified Bible
Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
New American Standard Bible
Arise, LORD, confront him, make him bow down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
World English Bible
Arise, Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde,
Legacy Standard Bible
Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, bring him low;Protect my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
Berean Standard Bible
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Contemporary English Version
Do something, Lord ! Attack and defeat them. Take your sword and save me from those evil people.
Complete Jewish Bible
Arise, Adonai , confront them! Bring them down! With your sword deliver me from the wicked,
Darby Translation
Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , get up and face the enemy. Make them surrender. Use your sword and save me from these wicked people.
George Lamsa Translation
Arise, O LORD, humble them; cast them down; deliver my soul from the wicked and from the sword,
Good News Translation
Come, Lord ! Oppose my enemies and defeat them! Save me from the wicked by your sword;
Lexham English Bible
Rise up, O Yahweh, confront him. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked,
Literal Translation
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face and bow him down! Deliver my soul from the wicked, by Your sword,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vp LORDE, dispoynte him & cast him downe: delyuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly.
American Standard Version
Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Bible in Basic English
Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down;
King James Version (1611)
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[Deliuer thou] me O God from men [which be] thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion [is] in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie [treasure].
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,
English Revised Version
Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Update Bible Version
Arise, O Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
Webster's Bible Translation
Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [who is] thy sword:
New King James Version
Arise, O LORD, Confront him, cast him down; Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword,
New Living Translation
Arise, O Lord ! Stand against them, and bring them to their knees! Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!
New Life Bible
Rise up, O Lord. Stand against him. Bring him down. Save me from the sinful with Your sword.
New Revised Standard
Rise up, O Lord , confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one who is thy sword:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(16-13) Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword
Revised Standard Version
Arise, O LORD! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,
Young's Literal Translation
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Arise, O Lord , confront him, bring him low; Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Contextual Overview

8 Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis; 9 fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule; 10 thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride. 11 Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe. 12 Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places. 13 Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse, 14 delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children. 15 But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Arise: Psalms 3:7, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 44:26, Psalms 119:126, Isaiah 51:9

disappoint him: Heb. prevent his face

which is: or, by, Psalms 7:11-13

thy: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 13:5, Isaiah 37:26, Habakkuk 1:12, Acts 4:28

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:29 - creeping things that creep 2 Samuel 20:1 - a man Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 6:4 - deliver Psalms 18:27 - bring Psalms 22:20 - soul Psalms 31:15 - deliver Psalms 37:40 - from Psalms 57:4 - among Psalms 71:4 - out of the Psalms 95:2 - come before his presence Psalms 109:27 - General Isaiah 30:31 - which smote Isaiah 34:5 - my sword Jeremiah 47:6 - thou sword Ezekiel 21:3 - will draw Ezekiel 30:24 - and put Zephaniah 2:12 - my Revelation 6:4 - and there

Cross-References

Genesis 14:14
And whanne Abram hadde herd this thing, that is, Loth his brothir takun, he noumbride his borun seruauntis maad redy thre hundrid and eiytene, and pursuede hem `til to Dan.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram addide, Sotheli thou hast not youe seed to me, and, lo! my borun seruaunt schal be myn eir.
Genesis 37:27
It is betere that he be seeld to Ismalitis, and oure hondis be not defoulid, for he is oure brother and fleisch. The britheren assentiden to these wordis;
Genesis 37:36
Madianytis seelden Joseph into Egipt to Putifar, chast `and onest seruaunt of Farao, maistir of the chyualrie.
Genesis 39:1
Therfor Joseph was led in to Egipt, and Putifar, `chast and onest seruaunt of Farao, prince of the oost, a man of Egipt, bouyte hym of the hondis of Ismaelitis, of which he was brouyt.
Exodus 12:44
sotheli ech seruaunt bouyt schal be circumcidid, and so he schal ete;
Exodus 21:2
If thou biest an Ebrew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixe yeer; in the seuenthe yeer he schal go out fre,
Exodus 21:4
But if the lord of the servaunt yaf a wijf to hym, and sche childide sones and douytris, the womman and hir children schulen be hir lordis; sotheli the seruaunt schal go out with his owne clooth.
Exodus 21:16
He that cursith his fadir, ether modir, die bi deeth.
Nehemiah 5:5
And now as the fleischis of oure britheren ben, so and oure fleischis ben; and as ben the sones of hem, so and oure sones ben; lo! we han maad suget oure sones and oure douytris in to seruage, and seruauntissis ben of oure douytris, and we han not wherof thei moun be ayenbouyt; and othere men han in possessioun oure feeldis, and oure vyneris.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Arise, O Lord,.... See Psalms 3:7;

disappoint him, or "prevent his face" k; be beforehand with him, and so disappoint him, when he is about to seize his prey; who is comparable to the lion, or to the young lion; meaning the chief of his enemies, it may be Saul;

cast him down; everyone of them that set themselves to cast down others to the earth. Jarchi's note is,

"cut off his feet,''

that he may bow down and fall;

deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword; so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, render the words; that is, from wicked men, whom God makes use of as instruments to afflict and chastise his people: so the Assyrian monarch is called the "rod" of his anger, with whom he scourged his people Israel, Isaiah 10:5. Compare with this

Psalms 22:20. The words are rendered by some, "deliver my soul from the wicked by thy swords" l; meaning not the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God by which Christ was delivered from the wicked one, when tempted by him in the wilderness; but the avenging justice of God, the sword of the Lord, which, being whetted and taken hold on, and used by him, brings vengeance on his enemies, and salvation to his people; see

Deuteronomy 32:41. The Targum paraphrases the clause thus,

"deliver my soul from the wicked, who deserves to be slain by thy sword.''

k קדמה פניו "praeveni faciem ejus", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Musculus, Gejerus; "anticipa faciem ejus", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. l מרשע חרבך "gladio tuo ab improbis", Junius Tremellius Gejerus so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arise, O Lord - See the notes at Psalms 3:7.

Disappoint him - Margin, “prevent his face.” The marginal reading expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The word used in the original means “to anticipate, to go before, to prevent;” and the prayer here is that God would come “before” his enemies; that is, that he would cast himself in their way “before” they should reach him. The enemy is represented as marching upon him with his face intently fixed, seeking his destruction; and he prays that God would interpose, or that He would come to his aid “before” his enemy should come up to him.

Cast him down - That is, as it is in the Hebrew, make him bend or bow, as one who is conquered bows before a conqueror.

Deliver my soul from the wicked - Save my life; save me from the designs of the wicked.

Which is thy sword - The Aramaic Paraphrase renders this, “Deliver my soul from the wicked man, who deserves to be slain with thy sword.” The Latin Vulgate: “Deliver my soul from the wicked man; thy spear from the enemies of thy hand.” So the Septuagint: “Deliver my soul from the wicked; thy sword from the enemies of thy hand.” The Syriac, “Deliver my soul from the wicked, and from the sword.” DeWette renders it, “Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword.” Prof. Alexander, “Save my soul from the wicked (with) thy sword.” So Luther, “With thy sword.” The Hebrew will undoubtedly admit of this latter construction, as in a similar passage in Psalms 17:10; and this construction is found in the margin: “By thy sword.” The sentiment that the wicked ARE the “sword” of God, or the instruments, though unconsciously to themselves, of accomplishing his purposes, or that he makes them the executioners of his will, is undoubtedly favored by such passages as Isaiah 10:5-7 (see the notes at those verses), and should be properly recognized. But such a construction is not necessary in the place before us, and it does not well agree with the connection, for it is not easy to see why the psalmist should make the fact that the wicked were instruments in the hand of God in accomplishing his purposes a “reason” why He should interpose and deliver him from them. It seems to me, therefore, that the construction of DeWette and others, “Save me from the wicked “by” thy sword,” is the true one. The psalmist asked that God would interfere by his own hand, and save him from danger. The same construction, if it be the correct one, is required in the following verse.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 17:13. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him — When he arises to spring upon and tear me to pieces, arise thou, O Lord; disappoint him of his prey; seize him, and cast him down.

Deliver my soul — Save my life.

From the wicked, which is thy sword — Saul is still meant, and we may understand the words as either implying the sword, the civil power, with which God had intrusted him, and which he was now grievously abusing; or, it may mean, deliver me by THY sword - cut him off who wishes to cut me off. On this ground the next verse should be read from men, BY thy hand. So the margin. The hand of God not only meaning his power, but his providence.


 
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