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Psalm 140:7
LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
6I said to the LORD, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD.
7LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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A covered head in battle makes God's protection concrete, while the surrounding pleas show that remembered help and present danger belong in the same prayer.
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Psalm 28:8The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.Both passages name the LORD as strength and link that strength with salvation.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both speakers name the LORD as their strength and salvation, acknowledging help received from him.
Psalm 62:7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.Both passages locate strength and salvation in God, with protection expressed through a covered head or a refuge.
Psalm 61:3For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.Both prayers recall God's protection against danger, using a covered head and a strong tower as concrete descriptions.
Psalm 18:1–2For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of …Both prayers address the LORD as strength, and the supplied heading of Psalm 18 places its song after deliverance from enemies.
Deuteronomy 33:27–29The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’Both texts describe God's protection amid enemies; Deuteronomy also speaks of God driving the enemy out and commanding destruction.
1 Samuel 17:45–51Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God …Both passages place dependence on the LORD in a battle setting, where the threat of physical harm is explicit.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”Both speakers identify God as their salvation and strength; Isaiah also states trust and freedom from fear.
Isaiah 33:6There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is your treasure.Both passages speak of salvation in relation to the LORD, though Isaiah names stability, wisdom, and knowledge rather than battle.
2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.Both texts credit the LORD with help in warfare, expressed as protection in the psalm and victory in David's campaigns.
1 Samuel 17:36–37Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”Both passages concern danger and speak of God, though the supplied Samuel verse recounts David's fights without naming God as his protector.
2 Samuel 8:14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.Both texts attribute help in battle to the LORD; Samuel describes victory and garrisons, while the psalm speaks of personal protection.
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You do not have to describe danger as small to speak of God's strength; the prayer remembers a covered head on a day of battle.
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