You determine my destiny! ¹  Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

The godly ¹  cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles. ² 

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, ¹  I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me! ² 

For he will rescue the needy ¹  when they cry out for help, and the oppressed ²  who have no defender.

He sent them an assuring word ¹  and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. ² 

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made ¹  him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

When ¹  Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued ²  me from the hand ³  of Herod ⁴  and from everything the Jewish people ⁵  were expecting to happen.”

But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death. ¹ 

In you our ancestors ¹  trusted; they trusted in you ²  and you rescued them.

by saving their lives from death ¹  and sustaining them during times of famine. ² 

Deliver me ¹  from oppressive men, so that I can keep ²  your precepts.

I said, ¹  “O Lord, rescue me ²  from those who lie with their lips ³  and those who deceive with their tongue. ⁴ 

The righteous person is delivered ¹  out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. ² 

and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’”

They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us ¹  from the shepherds, ²  and he actually ³  drew water for us and watered the flock!”