NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns
  Discovery Box

Psalms 17:7

Context

17:7 Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, 1 

you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies. 2 

Psalms 88:10

Context

88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?

Do the departed spirits 3  rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

1 tn Heb “Set apart faithful acts.”

2 tn Heb “[O] one who delivers those who seek shelter from the ones raising themselves up, by your right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver.

sn Those who look to you for protection from their enemies. “Seeking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear and serve the Lord (Pss 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22).

3 tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).



TIP #06: On Bible View and Passage View, drag the yellow bar to adjust your screen. [ALL]
created in 0.06 seconds
powered by bible.org