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Psalm 108:6
That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
4For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.
6That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.
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The words “your beloved” name people who still need rescue, giving the plea for God’s right hand both tenderness and urgency.
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2 Chronicles 32:20–22Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.Hezekiah and Isaiah cry to heaven together, sharing the psalm’s appeal to God through prayer.
Psalm 60:5–12So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.Both verses ask God to deliver his beloved with his right hand and answer their prayer.
Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;Both name God’s people as beloved; the psalm asks for their rescue, while Colossians describes the character they should put on.
Deuteronomy 33:12About Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the LORD will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”Both connect being beloved by God with his protection: the psalm seeks deliverance, and Deuteronomy speaks of Benjamin dwelling in safety.
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.Both use the language of belovedness in relation to God’s favor, though Ephesians speaks of favor given in the Beloved.
Psalm 35:1–3By David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.Both appeal for God’s intervention: Psalm 108 asks for rescue, while Psalm 35 asks him to fight against those opposing the speaker.
Psalm 54:1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?” Save …Both ask God to save, appealing to his strength through the language of his right hand and his might.
Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am …Both use the word beloved, though the psalm names people seeking rescue and Matthew identifies Jesus as God’s beloved Son.
1 Kings 18:24You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the LORD’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is …Both look to God for an answer, though Kings describes an answer by fire and the psalm asks for rescue.
Matthew 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”Beloved is the shared word: the psalm applies it to those needing deliverance, while the heavenly voice applies it to God’s Son.
Isaiah 51:2–11Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.The shared thread is God’s care for his people; Isaiah recalls blessing Abraham, while the psalm asks for deliverance.
Jeremiah 33:3‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’The psalm asks God to answer, and Jeremiah records God’s promise to answer those words of prayer.
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The prayer leaves the timing of rescue unstated. Its confidence rests in God’s power and love: those asking for deliverance are named as his beloved.
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