Cross references

Psalm 59:1

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

protect me from those who rise against me.

Psalm 59:1 BSB
  1. a Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.

Psalm 59:1 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 19:11–24 (15 votes) and Psalm 18:48 (11 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 32 to 2 Timothy 4.

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Which verses does Psalm 59:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. …

  2. Psalm 18:4811 votes

    who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

  3. Psalm 57:17 votes

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

  4. he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

  5. deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

  6. A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

  7. Psalm 71:44 votes

    Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

  8. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.

  9. In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

  10. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

  11. Psalm 12:53 votes
  12. Psalm 20:13 votes
  13. Psalm 58:12 votes

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