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Psalms 71:11

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Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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  1. Psalms 7:2Rank 1 from verse 11
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    2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  2. Matthew 27:46Rank 2 from verse 11
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    46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

  3. Psalms 3:2Rank 3 from verse 11
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    2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

  4. Psalms 50:22Rank 4 from verse 11
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    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:13–14Rank 5 from verse 11
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    13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

    14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

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Psalms 71:11

COMBINED MEANING

persecute

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Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

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12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

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