Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

King James Version

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Holman Bible

May the Lord be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.

International Standard Version

Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.

A Conservative Version

Blessed be LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

American Standard Version

Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.

Amplified


Blessed be the Lord,
For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.

Bible in Basic English

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

Darby Translation

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.

Julia Smith Translation

Praised be Jehovah, for he made wonderful his mercy to me in the fortified city.

King James 2000

Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed is Jehovah; for He has worked His mercy wondrously in a besieged city.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thanks be to the LORD; for he hath showed me marvelous great kindness in a strong city.

NET Bible

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

New Heart English Bible

Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

The Emphasized Bible

Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.

Webster

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.

World English Bible

Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

Youngs Literal Translation

Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Plea For Protection

20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
22 As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.


Cross References

Psalm 17:7

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.

1 Samuel 23:7-13

When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars.”

Psalm 98:1

A Psalm.
O sing to the Lord a new song,
For He has done wonderful things,
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

Psalm 118:23

This is the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.

Jeremiah 1:18

Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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