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Psalms 17:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:

Psalms 17:13 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Disappoint him. Rather, “confront him.”

Cast him down. Literally, “cause him to bow down.”

Soul. See on Ps. 16:10.

Which is thy sword. The grammatical construction allows the translation “with thy sword.”

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