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Psalm 17:7

Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
7Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
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“Show” makes this a plea for God's loving kindness to become visible in danger, from someone who knows enemies are near and seeks refuge in him.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 3:1A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.Both prayers address God amid enemies, with Psalm 3 naming their increase and Psalm 17 asking for saving kindness.
Psalm 60:5So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.Both prayers ask God to save by his right hand, linking his love for his people with deliverance.
Psalm 20:6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.Both passages name God's right hand as the source of saving strength.
Psalm 31:21Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.Psalm 17 asks God to show his marvelous loving kindness; Psalm 31 praises him for having shown it.
Isaiah 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the …Both passages speak of God's right hand as help for people who depend on him.
Exodus 15:6Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.God's right hand saves people from enemies in Psalm 17 and dashes the enemy in pieces in Exodus.
2 Chronicles 16:9For the LORD’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have …Both passages describe God using his strength on behalf of people whose hearts turn toward him.
2 Kings 19:34‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”Both passages identify God as the one who saves, whether protecting those seeking refuge or defending a city.
1 Samuel 17:45–57Then 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 texts express dependence on God when facing an enemy, through a plea for refuge and David's declaration.
Romans 5:20–21The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,The shared thread is God's generosity: loving kindness amid enemies in the psalm and abundant grace amid sin in Romans.
Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see …Both mention God's right hand, though Psalm 17 speaks of rescue and Acts speaks of Jesus being exalted.
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!Both passages concern hostility, though Psalm 17 names enemies of those seeking refuge and Kings names defiance against God.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. injustice and anger. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Name one fear and ask for God's protection

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Encouragement

The enemies are still present when this prayer is spoken. Your plea for protection can begin there: God is the one who saves those who take refuge in him.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).