Psalms 17 · Verse 13

Psalms 17:13

Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Psalms 17:13, King James Version

Psalms 17:13 in other translations

BSB	Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
WEB	Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
ASV	Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
YLT	Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
DARBY	Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;
BBE	Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
Webster	Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword:

What does Psalms 17:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 17:13-15

13-15. disappoint--literally, "come before," or, "encounter him." Supply "with" before "sword" (Psa 17:13), and "hand" (Psa 17:14). These denote God's power.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 17:8-15

Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies…

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Psalms 17:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קוּמָ֤הku.Maharise !H6965

יְהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068

קַדְּמָ֣הka.de.Mahconfront !H6923

פָ֭נָיוFa.navface hisH6440

הַכְרִיעֵ֑הוּhakh.ri.'E.humake bow down himH3766

פַּלְּטָ֥הpa.le.Tahdeliver !H6403

נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shilife myH5315

מֵרָשָׁ֥עme.ra.Sha'from [the] wickedH7563

חַרְבֶּֽךָ\׃char.Be.khasword yourH2719

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Cross references for Psalms 17:13

Psalms 3:7
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Psalms 44:26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Psalms 7:6
Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Psalms 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 7:11-13
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Acts 4:28
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Psalms 119:126
It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Arise.
3:7; 7:6; 44:23,26; 119:126; Isa 51:9
disappoint him. Heb. prevent his face. which is. or, by.
7:11-13
thy.
Isa 10:5,15; 13:5; 37:26; Hab 1:12; Ac 4:28

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Context

Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 17:13
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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Psalms 17:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Levántate, oh Jehová; prevén su encuentro, póstrale: libra mi alma del malo con tu espada;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Lève-toi, Éternel! devance-le, renverse-le; délivre mon âme du méchant par ton épée,
German Elberfelder 1871	Stehe auf, Jehova! komm ihm zuvor, wirf ihn nieder! Errette meine Seele von dem Gesetzlosen durch dein Schwert;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Præ fulgore in conspectu ejus nubes transierunt; grando et carbones ignis.