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Psalm 59:10
My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
8But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
9Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
11Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
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God’s loving kindness goes ahead of a threatened man, and his hope of triumph rests on what God will do about his enemies.
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Psalm 54:7For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.Both speakers look to God for triumph over enemies, with Psalm 54 describing deliverance already received.
Psalm 118:7The LORD is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.Both passages connect God’s help with the speaker’s confidence that he will look in triumph at those who oppose him.
1 Peter 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and …Both place hope in God’s kindness and help amid hardship, though Peter speaks of strengthening after suffering rather than triumph over enemies.
Psalm 21:3For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.God approaches with goodness in both passages: loving kindness goes before one speaker, and blessings meet the person addressed in Psalm 21.
Psalm 59:17To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.Both verses name God’s mercy or loving kindness as the ground of the speaker’s confidence in him.
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.The link is limited: both speakers describe their lives in relation to God, though Jeremiah speaks of service rather than triumph.
Isaiah 65:24It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.Both describe God taking the initiative: he goes before the psalm’s speaker and answers before people call in Isaiah.
Ephesians 2:4–5But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,Both passages describe God’s love and mercy, the character on which the psalm’s confidence rests.
Jeremiah 20:12But the LORD of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.Both speakers look to God to act against their opponents and expect to witness the result.
2 Corinthians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,Both identify mercy as belonging to God, whom the psalm trusts and Paul blesses as the source of comfort.
Luke 19:41–44When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,The connection is slight: both describe looking upon others, yet the psalm anticipates triumph while Jesus responds with tears.
2 Samuel 1:11–12Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.These excerpts share no clear verbal thread: the psalm anticipates triumph, while David and his companions tear their clothes in grief.
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David’s confidence comes from God’s loving kindness amid real threats. His words offer no timetable for victory; the power to deal with his enemies belongs to God.
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