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Psalms 59:2

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Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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  1. Psalms 139:19Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

  2. Psalms 26:9Rank 2 from verse 2
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    9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  3. Psalms 55:23Rank 3 from verse 2
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    23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  4. Psalms 27:2Rank 4 from verse 2
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    2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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Psalms 59:2

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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bloody

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Marked by or connected with blood; murderous, bloodguilty, or given to bloodshed; or involving a discharge of blood.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

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3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

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