Psalms 71:4

WEB

⁴Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

KJV

⁴Deliver^[+] me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

BSB

⁴Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

FBV

⁴My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of those who are evil and brutal.

Extra References

Psalms 59:1-2

¹Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. ²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

¹Deliver me, LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men: ²those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. ³They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah. ⁴LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

2 Samuel 17:1-2

¹Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight. ²I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,

Psalms 17:13

¹³Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

Psalms 17:8-9

⁸Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings, ⁹from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

2 Samuel 17:12-14

¹²So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him. ¹³Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”

¹⁴Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:21

²¹After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

2 Samuel 16:21-22

²¹Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”

²²So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.