Psalm 140:7 {139:8}
Good News Translation
My Sovereign LORD, my strong defender, you have protected me in battle.

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Contemporary English Version
You have the power to save me, and you keep me safe in every battle.

New American Bible
LORD, my master, my strong deliverer, you cover my head on the day of armed conflict.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

the strength

Psalm 18:1,2,35 Unto the end, for David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said: [2] I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: . . .

Psalm 27:1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 28:7,8 The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him. . . .

Psalm 59:17 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.

Psalm 62:2,7 For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more. . . .

Psalm 89:26 He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

Psalm 95:1 Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

Deuteronomy 33:27-29 His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought. . . .

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

thou hast covered

Psalm 144:10 Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword:

1 Samuel 17:36,37,45-51 For I thy servant have killed both a lion and a bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be also as one of them. I will go now, and take away the reproach of the people: for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who hath dared to curse the army of the living God? . . .

2 Samuel 8:6,14 And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and Syria served David under tribute, and the Lord preserved David in all his enterprises, whithersoever he went. . . .

Context
Rescue Me, O LORD, From Evil Men
6I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. 7O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.8Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.…
Cross References
Psalm 28:8
The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

Psalm 118:14
The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my salvation.

Psalm 144:10
Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword:

Psalm 140:6
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