Psalms 44:26
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
BSB
ASV
Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
KJV
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Arise for our help. A short, but sweet and comprehensive prayer, much to the point, clear, simple, urgent, as all prayers should be. And redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Here is the final plea. The favour is redemption, the plea is mercy; and this, too, in the case of faithful sufferers who had not forgotten their God. Mercy is always a safe plea, and never will any man find a better. Here ends this memorable Psalm, but in heaven its power ends not, but brings down deliverance for the tried people of God.
God's mercy: " O redeem us for they mercies' sake; we depend upon the goodness of thy nature, which is the glory of thy name ( Exod. xxxiv. 6 ), and upon those sure mercies of David which are conveyed by the covenant to all his spiritual seed."
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 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
Psalms 35:2Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
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He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
Through
Psalms 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
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And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Through
Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
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Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.