Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches11
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
leads to
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Through
Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
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Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Voices2
Deliver me from the oppression of man,.... Of any man, of proud and haughty men, as in Psa 119:122; the psalmist always desired rather to fall into the hands of God than into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
. Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man. David had tasted all the bitterness of this great evil. It had made him an exile from his country, and banished him from the sanctuary of the Lord: therefore he pleads to be saved from it. It is said that oppression makes a wise man mad, and no doubt it has made many a righteous man sinful. Oppression is in itself wicked, and it drives men to wickedness.
