Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold.
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.
A Conservative Version
O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower.
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.
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 you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them; you will mock all [the] nations. 9 O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold. 10 My God of loyal love will meet me; God will cause me to look [in triumph] on my enemies.
Cross References
Psalm 9:9
And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.
Psalm 62:2
Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my [high] stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Psalm 18:1-2
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."
Psalm 20:1
May Yahweh answer you in [the] day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.
Psalm 27:1
Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:14
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.
Psalm 46:1
God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.
Psalm 46:7
Yahweh of hosts [is] with us; our [high] stronghold [is] the God of Jacob. Selah
Psalm 59:17
O my strength, to you I will give praise, because God [is] my [high] stronghold, my God of loyal love.
Psalm 62:5-6
Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope [is] from him.
Psalm 62:11
Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that strength [belongs] to God.
Isaiah 12:2
Look! God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might [is] Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me."
Isaiah 26:3-4
You will protect a firm inclination [in] peace, [in] peace because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew [their] strength. They shall go up [with] wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 58:14
then you shall take your pleasure in Yahweh, and I will make you ride upon [the] heights of [the] earth, and I will feed you the heritage of Jacob your ancestor, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."
Habakkuk 3:19
Yahweh, my Lord, [is] my strength; he makes my feet like the deer; he causes me to walk on my high places. To the choirmaster with stringed instruments.
Matthew 6:13
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.