Psalm 18:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: For they were too strong for me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated and abhorred me, for they were too strong for me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ God saved me from my powerful enemy, saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.

Psalm 18:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:1

And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:18

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

Job 16:9

He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

Psalm 118:7

The Lord is on my side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me.

Psalm 142:6

Give heed to my cry; for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me!

Psalm 144:7

Stretch forth thy hand from on high, rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of aliens,

Psalm 25:19

Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”

Psalm 38:19

Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

Psalm 9:13

Be gracious to me, O Lord! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’