Parallel Verses

Amplified


Who gives salvation to kings,
Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

New American Standard Bible

Who gives salvation to kings,
Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

King James Version

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Holman Bible

the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.

International Standard Version

to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.

A Conservative Version

Thou are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David his servant from the hurtful sword.

American Standard Version

Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Darby Translation

Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.

Julia Smith Translation

Giving salvation to kings: snatch in away David his servant from the evil sword.

King James 2000

It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Lexham Expanded Bible

who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from [the] evil sword.

Modern King James verseion

It is You who gives salvation to kings; who delivers David His servant from the hurtful sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.

NET Bible

the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.

New Heart English Bible

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

The Emphasized Bible

Who giveth victory unto kings - Who snatcheth away David his servant, from the calamitous sword.

Webster

It is he that giveth salvation to kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

World English Bible

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

Youngs Literal Translation

Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.

Verse Info

Context Readings

A King's Prayer

9
I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 
Who gives salvation to kings,
Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.
11
Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.


Cross References

Psalm 18:50


He gives great triumphs to His king,
And shows steadfast love and mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.

Psalm 140:7


“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of battle.

1 Samuel 17:45-46

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.

2 Samuel 5:19-25

David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly hand them over to you.”

2 Samuel 8:6-14

Then David put garrisons among the Arameans in Damascus, and the Arameans became his servants and brought tribute. The Lord helped David wherever he went.

2 Samuel 21:16-17

Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels (six pounds) of bronze, was armed with a new sword, and he intended to kill David.

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram (Syria), was considered a great man by his king, and was highly respected because through Naaman the Lord had given victory to Aram (Syria). He was also a man of courage, but he was a leper.

Psalm 33:16-18


The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

Isaiah 45:1-6

This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia],
Whose right hand I have held
To subdue nations before him,
And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them];
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Jeremiah 27:6-8

Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant and instrument, and I have also given the wild animals of the field to serve him.

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