Psalms 59:17 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 59:17

To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

KJV

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 19 (604)

What tongue, then, can sufficiently narrate the depths of divine mercy? What spirit does not stand amazed at the riches of such great kindness? The Psalmist considered these riches of divine kindness when he said: "My helper, to you I will sing praise, for you, O God, are my protector, my God, my mercy." Behold, perceiving in what labors human life is placed, he called God his helper; and because he receives us from present tribulation into eternal rest, he also calls him protector.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing,.... That is, to God, whom he made his strength, and put his trust in for strength, and from whom he received it; and he therefore determined to sing praise to him for it, and give him the glory of it; for God is my defence: as before in Psa 59:9; and the God of my mercy; See Gill on Psa 59:10.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) He would praise his power and his mercy; both should be the subject-matter of his song. Power, without mercy, is to be dreaded; mercy, without power, is not what a man can expect much benefit from; but God's power by which he is able to help us, and his mercy by which he is inclined to help us, will justly be the everlasting praise of all the saints.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing. What transport is here! What a monopolising of all his emotions for the one object of praising God! Strength has been overcome by strength; not by the hero's own prowess, but by the might of God alone. See how the singer girds himself with the almightiness of God, and calls it all his own by faith. Sweet is the music of experience, but it is all for God; there is not even a stray note for man, for self, or for human helpers.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֻ֭זִּי	'U.zi	O strength my	H5797 →
אֵלֶ֣יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
אֲזַמֵּ֑רָה	'a.za.Me.rah	I will sing praises	H2167 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
אֱלֹהִ֥ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י	mis.ga.Bi	[is] refuge my	H4869 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
חַסְדִּֽי׃	chas.Di	covenant loyalty my	H2617 →

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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
leads to
- Psalms 145:18
  The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Psalms 9:9
  The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
- Proverbs 18:10
  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Psalms 62:7–8
  My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 91:1–9
  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Through
Psalms 18:1
I love You, O LORD, my strength.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:1–51
  And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- Colossians 1:11
  being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- 1 John 4:19
  We love because He first loved us.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms