Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
New American Standard Bible
Out of the
King James Version
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Holman Bible
Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.
International Standard Version
My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.
A Conservative Version
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of a wicked man, out of the hand of an unrighteous and cruel man.
American Standard Version
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Amplified
Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
Bible in Basic English
O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
Darby Translation
My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Julia Smith Translation
My God, deliver me from the hand of the unjust one, from the hand of him transgressing, and the violent one.
King James 2000
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My God, rescue me from [the] hand of [the] wicked, from [the] {grasp} of [the] evildoer and [the] oppressor,
Modern King James verseion
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
NET Bible
My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor!
New Heart English Bible
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh my God, deliver me, From the hand of the lawless one, From the clutch of the perverse and ruthless one;
Webster
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
World English Bible
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
3 Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou. 4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent. 5 For Thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:21-22
And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, 'Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.'
2 Samuel 17:1-2
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
2 Samuel 17:12-14
and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we are upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who are with him even one.
2 Samuel 17:21
And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'
Psalm 17:8-9
Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
Psalm 59:1-2
To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
Psalm 140:1-4
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.