Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
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Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
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O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
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(140-8) O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle,
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Passages linked to Psalms 140:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 62:7 My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 18:1-2 I love you, Yahweh, my strength. Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Psalms 89:26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
- Deuteronomy 33:27-29 The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’ Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew. You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
- Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
- Psalms 27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 28:7-8 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
- Psalms 59:17 To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
- Psalms 144:10 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
- 1 Samuel 17:45-51 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.” When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
- Psalms 18:35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
- Psalms 95:1 Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
- Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- 1 Samuel 17:36-37 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.” David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
- 2 Samuel 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:14 He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He calleth to God with lively faith, being assured…
He calleth to God with lively faith, being assured of his mercies, because he had before time proved, that God helped him ever in his dangers.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of…
Psa 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Ver. 7. In the day of battle] Heb. of armours; for battle David never had any with Saul, but declined it.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain With thy powerful protection, as with a helmet or…
With thy powerful protection, as with a helmet or shield.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,....…
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,.... Temporal and spiritual, which he was able to effect; the mighty God and mighty Saviour: and this encouraged David to believe he should have deliverance; and this secured, confirmed, and established it to him; and to which he was the more induced by what experience he had had of the divine goodness to him, as follows:
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle; with the helmet of salvation, as Kimchi, Aben Ezra, and Arama observe; which, in a spiritual sense, is to a believer the hope of salvation, Eph 6:17, Th1 5:8; a defensive weapon to him; and protects him while he is engaging with his spiritual enemies in this his state of warfare, sin, Satan, and the world. Perhaps David may have respect to the divine protection of him, when he fought with Goliath. Salvation was Christ's helmet, when he engaged with all his and our enemies; even with all the powers of darkness, and obtained deliverance for us, Isa 59:16.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Thou hast covered my head] Not only…
Verse 7. Thou hast covered my head] Not only when I fought with the proud blaspheming Philistine; but in the various attempts made against my life by my sworn enemies.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain O God the Lord ... - literally, “Yahweh, Lord,…
O God the Lord ... - literally, “Yahweh, Lord, the strength of my salvation” The word rendered “God,” in the original, is יהוה Yahweh. The address is to Yahweh as the Lord; that is, as the supreme Ruler - who presides over all things. Him the psalmist acknowledged as “his” Lord and Ruler. The phrase “the strength of my salvation” means the strength or power on which my safety depends. I have no other hope of deliverance but in thee.
Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle - Thou hast been a shield unto me. Literally, “In the day of arms,” or of armor, 1Ki 10:25; Eze 39:9-10.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. O God the Lord—The frequent use of the…
7. O God the Lord—The frequent use of the divine names is not tautological, but indicates the psalmist’s soul agony, and the earnestness of his appeal to the covenant faithfulness of God, bringing his piety imposingly into the foreground.
Covered my head—As a helmet.
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Compare Psa_6:7; Eph_6:17.
In the day of battle— Hebrew, In the day of armour. The word neshek occurs ten times in the Old Testament, and never means battle, but always armour, armory, weapon. The reference is not to a battle, but to a preparation for a battle, and means, God had been his real shield or helmet (the cover of his head) when he armed himself for battle; or, more probably, it is an allusion to 1Sa_17:38-39, when Saul armed David to meet Goliath, and “put a helmet of brass upon his head,” which David declined, trusting alone in God. This coincides with the date we have given the psalm, and fully sustains the high import of the prayer.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. O God the Lord] Jehovah, Lord. Cp. Psa_109:21…
7. O God the Lord] Jehovah, Lord. Cp. Psa_109:21 (note); Psa_141:8.
thou hast covered my head] Protected it as with a helmet. Cp. Psa_60:7; Isa_59:17; Eph_6:17; 1Th_5:8. The perfect tense might refer to past experience, but is probably to be taken as a perfect of certainty: thou wilt̄ assuredly cover.
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the day of battle] Lit. of armour, when armour is needed. The language is of course figurative, for the ‘war’ which his enemies were making upon him was carried on with the weapons of slander and calumny.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) In the day of battle.—Literally, in the day…
(7) In the day of battle.—Literally, in the day of arms, i.e., when he was arming for fight. God covered the warrior’s head, i.e., provided the “helmet of salvation” (Isa_59:17). (Comp. also Psa_60:9 : “Strength of my head.”) Others, however, follow the LXX. and Authorised Version in understanding by “day of arms” the day of battle.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain O God the Lord. In the Hebrew, "Jehovah Adonai…
O God the Lord. In the Hebrew, "Jehovah Adonai a comparatively rare address. The strength of my salvation. The solid strength upon which I ground all my hopes of salvation. (comp. Psa_89:26) Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. In past combats thou hast protected me, as with a shield, (Psa_18:2 Psa_33:20) wherefore I put the greater trust in thee for the future. The "head" is mentioned as one of the chief vital parts.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 7. O GOD the Lord, the strength of…
Ver. 7. O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. When he looked back upon past dangers and deliverances, the good man felt that he should have perished had not the Lord held a shield over his head. In the day of the clash of arms, or of the putting on of armour (as some read it), the glorious Lord had been his constant Protector. Goliath had his armour bearer, and so had Saul, and these each one guarded his master; yet the giant and the king both perished, while David, without armour or shield, slew the giant and baffled the tyrant. The shield of the Eternal is a better protection than a helmet of brass, When arrows fly thick and the battle axe crashes right and left, there is no covering for the head like the power of the Almighty. See how the child of providence glorifies his Preserver! He calls him not only his salvation, but the strength of it, by whose unrivalled force he had been enabled to outlive the cunning and cruelty of his adversaries. He had obtained a deliverance in which the strength of the Omnipotent was clearly to be seen. This is a grand utterance of praise, a gracious ground of comfort, a prevalent argument in prayer. He that has covered our head aforetime will not now desert us. Wherefore let us fight a good fight, and fear no deadly wound: the Lord God is our shield, and our exceeding great reward.
Ver. 7. Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Hebrew, of armour. For David had never indeed any battle with Saul, but declined it; but Saul often armed against him; but then God's providence covered him as a shield: but the head is only spoken of to set forth his whole body, because that is chiefly aimed at by the enemy, as where the life principally lieth. John Mayer.
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Ver. 7. Thou hast covered my head, etc. That is, I had no other helmet or armour but thy Almighty power in the day when I fought with Goliath. 1Sa 17:39-40, 50. Thomas Fenton.
Ver. 7. Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. A captain or prince had always beside him in battle an armour bearer, whose duty it was "to cover his master's head", that is, to ward off with the shield the blows aimed at his head, and which, in the heat of the fight, had escaped his own notice. Benjamin Weiss.
Psalms 140:8*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 140:7 The expression Sovereign Lord comes from combining the…
140:7 The expression Sovereign Lord comes from combining the name Yahweh with the title Adonai (Master). See also 68:20; 69:6; 71:16; 73:28; 109:21; 141:8.
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