KJV King James Version
My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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Psalm 31:15
My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
WEB World English Bible
My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
ASV American Standard Version
My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
Surrounding context — Psalm 31
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
15 My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:Ecclesiastes 3:1-8To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:John 7:6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.Psalm 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.Job 24:1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?Psalm 17:8-9Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,Psalm 143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.2 Timothy 4:6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.Psalm 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.2 Samuel 7:12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.Psalm 71:10-12For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,1 Samuel 26:10David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.Psalm 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:2 Peter 1:14Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.Psalm 143:12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
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