Psalm 71:2
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
מָלַט
mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →מָלַט mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Study H4422 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →Cross References
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our ...
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca...
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