Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.” New Living Translation They say, “God has abandoned him. Let’s go and get him, for no one will help him now.” English Standard Version and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.” Berean Standard Bible saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” King James Bible Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. New King James Version Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.” New American Standard Bible Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him.” NASB 1995 Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.” NASB 1977 Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.” Legacy Standard Bible Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.” Amplified Bible Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” Christian Standard Bible saying, “God has abandoned him; chase him and catch him, for there is no one to rescue him.” Holman Christian Standard Bible saying, “God has abandoned him; chase him and catch him, for there is no one to rescue him.” American Standard Version Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver. Contemporary English Version They say, "Now we'll catch you! God has deserted you, and no one can save you." English Revised Version Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver. GOD'S WORD® Translation They say, "God has abandoned him. Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him." Good News Translation They say, "God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him." International Standard Version and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer." Majority Standard Bible saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” NET Bible They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!" New Heart English Bible saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him." Webster's Bible Translation Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. World English Bible saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSaying, “God has forsaken him, "" Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.” Young's Literal Translation Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.' Smith's Literal Translation Saying, God forsook him: pursue him and take him, for none delivering. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSaying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible They say, “God has abandoned him. Pursue, and seize him! No one will come to the rescue!” New Revised Standard Version They say, “Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSaying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they said, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and take him because he has no Savior." OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Saying: 'God hath forsaken him; Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.' Brenton Septuagint Translation saying, God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge…10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire, 11saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” 12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.… Cross References Matthew 27:43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!” Job 19:13-19 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. / My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. / My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. ... Lamentations 3:31-33 For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. 2 Timothy 4:16-17 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. / But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. Psalm 22:7-8 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.” Isaiah 54:7-8 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer. John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. Psalm 31:11-12 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street. / I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” / So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Psalm 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. 2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Psalm 42:9-10 I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” / Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Treasury of Scripture Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. God Psalm 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. Psalm 37:25,28 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread… Psalm 41:7,8 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt… for there Psalm 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 2 Chronicles 32:13,14 Know 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? … Jump to Previous Catch Deliver Deliverer Forsaken Helper Persecute Pursue Rescue SeizeJump to Next Catch Deliver Deliverer Forsaken Helper Persecute Pursue Rescue SeizePsalm 71 1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself, 10. and against the enemies of his soul 14. He promises constancy 17. He prays for perseverance 19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully They say This phrase introduces the voices of adversaries, those who oppose the psalmist. In the Hebrew text, the verb used here is "אָמַר" (amar), which means "to say" or "to speak." This word often introduces statements that reflect the thoughts or intentions of others. In the context of Psalm 71, it highlights the external pressures and the verbal assaults faced by the psalmist. Historically, the people of God have often faced opposition and slander, and this phrase captures the reality of living in a world where faith is frequently challenged. God has forsaken him Pursue and seize him for there is no one to deliver him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew saying,לֵ֭אמֹר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “God אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has forsaken him; עֲזָב֑וֹ (‘ă·zā·ḇōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit pursue him רִֽדְפ֥וּ (riḏ·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute and seize him, וְ֝תִפְשׂ֗וּהוּ (wə·ṯip̄·śū·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction there is no אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle one to rescue him.” מַצִּֽיל׃ (maṣ·ṣîl) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver Links Psalm 71:11 NIVPsalm 71:11 NLT Psalm 71:11 ESV Psalm 71:11 NASB Psalm 71:11 KJV Psalm 71:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 71:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 71:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 71:11 French Bible Psalm 71:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 71:11 Saying God has forsaken him (Psalm Ps Psa.) |