Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower.
New American Standard Bible
For God is my
King James Version
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Holman Bible
because God is my stronghold.
International Standard Version
My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.
American Standard Version
Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.
Amplified
O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].
Bible in Basic English
O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.
Darby Translation
Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
Julia Smith Translation
His strength for thee will I watch: for God my height
King James 2000
Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold.
Modern King James verseion
O my Strength, let me look to You, for God is my strong tower.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My strength will I ascribe unto thee; for thou art the God of my refuge.
NET Bible
You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.
New Heart English Bible
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
The Emphasized Bible
O my Strength, unto thee, will I make melody, For, God, is my high tower.
Webster
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
World English Bible
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
Youngs Literal Translation
O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower -- the God of my kindness.
Themes
Strength » The strength of the lord
Waiting » Especially in adversity
Waiting upon God » For » Protection
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
8 But thou, O LORD, will laugh at them. Thou will have all the nations in derision. 9 O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower. 10 My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me look upon my enemies.
Cross References
Psalm 9:9
LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
Psalm 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalm 18:1-2
I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 20:1
LORD answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high,
Psalm 27:1
LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:14
Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:7
LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalm 59:17
To thee, O my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
Psalm 62:5-6
My soul, wait thou in silence for God only, for my expectation is from him.
Psalm 62:11
God has spoken once, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid, for LORD, [even] LORD, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee], because he trusts in thee.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 58:14
then thou shall delight thyself in LORD, and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of LORD has spoken it.
Habakkuk 3:19
LORD, the Lord, is my strength. And he makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and will make me to walk upon my high places.
Matthew 6:13
And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.