Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me.
New American Standard Bible
To God who
King James Version
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Holman Bible
to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
International Standard Version
I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what he began in me.
A Conservative Version
I will cry to God Most High, to God who performs for me.
American Standard Version
I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth all things for me.
Amplified
I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].
Bible in Basic English
I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
Darby Translation
I will call unto God, the Most High; unto God that performeth all for me.
Julia Smith Translation
I will call to God the Most High; to God he completed for me.
King James 2000
I will cry unto God most high; unto God who performs all things for me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will call to God Most High, to God who accomplishes [things] concerning me.
Modern King James verseion
I will cry to God most high, to God who does all things for me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will call unto the Most High God, even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.
New Heart English Bible
I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
The Emphasized Bible
I will cry unto God Most High, Unto GOD, who accomplisheth on my behalf:
Webster
I will cry to God most high; to God that performeth all things for me.
World English Bible
I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
Youngs Literal Translation
I call to God Most High, To God who is perfecting for me.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 57:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Protection
1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes. 2 I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me. 3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 138:8
The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!
Isaiah 26:12
O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.
Philippians 1:6
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Psalm 56:2
Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
Psalm 136:2-3
Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
Philippians 2:12
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,