So Adonai struck down the Cushites before Asa and before Judah. The Cushites fled
Psalm 11:1 - Tree of Life Version For the music director, a psalm of David. In Adonai I have taken shelter. How can you say to my soul: “Fly like a bird to your mountain? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, flee as a bird to your mountain? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IN THE Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to your mountain? American Standard Version (1901) In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain; Common English Bible I have taken refuge in the LORD. So how can you say to me, “Flee to the hills like a bird Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, for the octave, a psalm for David. |
So Adonai struck down the Cushites before Asa and before Judah. The Cushites fled
Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on Adonai, He delivered them into your hand.
But I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who in my position could go into the Temple and live? I will not go in.”
A Michtam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in You I have found shelter.
O my God, in You I trust, so I will not be ashamed, and my enemies will not gloat over me.
For I have heard the whispering of many. There is terror on every side as they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
A passionate song of David, which he sang to Adonai concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
Adonai my God, in You I have taken refuge. Save me from each of my persecutors, and deliver me.
Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
Escape like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
In that hour, some Pharisees came up and said to Yeshua, “Get out and leave from here, because Herod wants to kill You!”
Then Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him saying, “If you don’t escape for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Then Jonathan called out after the lad, “Quick, hurry! Don’t stand there!” So Jonathan’s lad picked up the arrow and came to his master.
Then David left from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please, let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”
So David stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness, remaining in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
Then David said in his heart, “One day I’ll be swept away by the hand of Saul. There’s nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me in all the territories of Israel, so I’ll escape from his hand.”