Psalms 17:13-14

¹³Up, GOD: beard them! break them! By your sword, free me from their clutches;

¹⁴Barehanded, GOD, break these mortals, these flat--earth people who can''t think beyond today. I''d like to see their bellies swollen with famine food, The weeds they''ve sown harvested and baked into famine bread, With second helpings for their children and crusts for their babies to chew on.

Psalm 17 is a prayer of David, a cry for vindication and protection from enemies who surround him. The psalm moves from an appeal to God's justice, based on David's own integrity, to a plea for deliverance, and finally to a confident hope in God's presence. It is a lament that leans

References· Psalms 17

a: v.1 — Psalms 142:6, Psalms 61:1, Psalms 145:18, 1 John 3:21, Matthew 15:8, Daniel 9:18-19, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 140:12, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 18:20
b: v.3 — Job 23:10, Acts 11:23, Psalms 26:2, Psalms 39:1, Malachi 3:2, Psalms 139:1, Jeremiah 50:20, Psalms 119:106, Proverbs 13:3, Psalms 66:10
c: v.5 — Psalms 44:18, Psalms 119:133, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 121:7, Psalms 18:36, Psalms 121:3, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 119:116-117, Psalms 94:18, Jeremiah 10:23
d: v.6 — Psalms 116:2, Psalms 86:7, Psalms 88:2, Psalms 66:19-20, Psalms 55:16, Isaiah 37:17, Daniel 9:17-19, Isaiah 37:20, Psalms 13:3-4
e: v.7 — Psalms 60:5, Psalms 31:21, Psalms 20:6, Psalms 5:11-12, Isaiah 41:10, 1 Samuel 17:45-57, 2 Kings 19:34, Exodus 15:6, Psalms 10:12-16, Romans 5:20-21
f: v.8 — Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalms 91:4, Psalms 91:1, Proverbs 7:2, Psalms 61:4, Zechariah 2:8, Ruth 2:12, Psalms 36:7, Luke 13:34, Psalms 57:1
g: v.15 — The predicted resurrection: Luke 24:6; 2 Corinthians 3:18, Psalms 11:7, Psalms 16:11, Matthew 5:6, Psalms 4:6-7, 1 John 3:2-3, Isaiah 26:19, Philippians 3:21, Psalms 65:4, Revelation 21:23

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