Psalms 143:9

Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Deliver	הַצִּילֵ֖נִי ha.tzi.Le.ni	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
enemies	מֵאֹיְבַ֥י me.'o.ye.Vai	H341	hating · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
hide	כִסִּֽתִי khi.Si.ti	H3680	properly · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Psalms 61:3-4 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalms 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Psalms 31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms 34:2-4 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psalms 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:7–end

David here tells us what he said when he stretched forth his hands unto God; he begins not only as one in earnest, but as one in haste: "Hear me speedily, and defer no longer, for my spirit faileth. I am just ready to faint; reach the cordial - quickly, quickly, or I am gone." It was not a haste of unbelief, but of vehement desire and holy love. Make haste, O God! to help me. Three things David here prays for: - I. The manifestations of God's favour towards him, that God would be well pleased with him and let him know that he was so; this he prefers before any good, Psa 4:6. 1. He dreads God's frowns: "Lord, hide not thy face from me; Lord, be not angry with me, do not turn from me, as we d…

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John Gill on Psalms 143:9

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies,.... Either Saul and his courtiers, or Absalom and the conspirators along with him; who were many, and lively and strong, stronger than he; and therefore God only could deliver him, and to him he sought for it, and not to men; and so deliverance from spiritual enemies is only from the Lord; I flee unto thee to hide me; from their rage and fury; who was the only asylum or place of refuge for him, where he could be safe. It may be rendered, "with thee have I hid" (y); that is, myself: so Arama gives the sense, "I have hid myself with thee.'' Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, interpret it to this purpose, "I have hid my affairs, my straits and troubles, my…

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John Calvin on Psalms 143:8–end

Psalm 143:8-12 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee have I hoped; show me the way in which I may walk, for I have lifted up my soul to thee. 9. Deliver me, O Jehovah! from my enemies; I have hidden with thee. 10. Teach me that I may do thy will, for thou art my God; let thy good Spirit lead me into the right land. 11. For thy name's sake, O Lord! thou wilt quicken me: in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. 12. And in thy mercy thou wilt scatter my enemies, and thou wilt destroy [252] all them that afflict my soul, for I am thy servant. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness. In this verse he again prays that God would show him his favor visibly a…

The Church Fathers

"Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord, for unto Thee have I fled for refuge" [Psalm 143:9]. I who once fled from Thee, now flee to Thee. For Adam fled from the Face of God, and hid himself among the trees of Paradise, so that of him was said in the Book of Job, "As a servant that fleeth from his Lord, and findeth a shadow." He fled from the Face of his Lord, and found a shadow. Woe to him, if he continue in the shade, lest it be said afterward, "All things are passed away like a shadow." The rulers of this world, of this darkness, the rulers of the wicked; against these ye wrestle. Great is your conflict, not to see your enemies, and yet to conquer. Against the rulers of this world, of this darkness, the devil, that is, and his angels; not the rulers of that world, whereof is said, "the world was made by Him," but that world whereof is said, "the world knew Him not." "For unto Thee have I fled for refuge." ...Whither should I flee? "Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?"
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 143

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Psalms 143:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:7–end

John Gill on Psalms 143:9

John Calvin on Psalms 143:8–end

The Church Fathers

Psalms 143:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:7–end

John Gill on Psalms 143:9

John Calvin on Psalms 143:8–end

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 143:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 143:8-10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 143:9