Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.
New American Standard Bible
For God is my
King James Version
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Holman Bible
because God is my stronghold.
A Conservative Version
O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower.
American Standard Version
Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.
Amplified
O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].
Bible in Basic English
O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.
Darby Translation
Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
Julia Smith Translation
His strength for thee will I watch: for God my height
King James 2000
Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold.
Modern King James verseion
O my Strength, let me look to You, for God is my strong tower.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My strength will I ascribe unto thee; for thou art the God of my refuge.
NET Bible
You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.
New Heart English Bible
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
The Emphasized Bible
O my Strength, unto thee, will I make melody, For, God, is my high tower.
Webster
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
World English Bible
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
Youngs Literal Translation
O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower -- the God of my kindness.
Themes
Strength » The strength of the lord
Waiting » Especially in adversity
Waiting upon God » For » Protection
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
8 But you, LORD, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations. 9 My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress. 10 My God of Gracious Love will meet me; God will enable me to see what happens to my enemies.
Cross References
Psalm 9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.
Psalm 62:2
He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.
Psalm 18:1-2
He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.
Psalm 20:1
May the LORD answer you in the day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation whom will I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid?
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD! Davidic
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.
Psalm 46:7
The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude
Psalm 59:17
My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.
Psalm 62:5-6
My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.
Psalm 62:11
God spoke once, but I heard it twice, "Power belongs to God."
Isaiah 12:2
"Look! God yes God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. For the LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
Isaiah 26:3-4
You will keep perfectly peaceful the one whose mind remains focused on you, because he remains in you.
Isaiah 40:31
but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
Isaiah 58:14
then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; and he will make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob, your father. "Yes! The mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Habakkuk 3:19
The LORD God is my strength he will make my feet like those of a deer, equipping me to tread on my mountain heights. For the choir director: On my stringed instruments.
Matthew 6:13
And never bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'