Psalms Chapter 9 verse 13 Holy Bible
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction `which I suffer' of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
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Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
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Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
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Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, And lift me up from the gates of death;
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Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Have mercy upon me, O Lord! The consideration of God's mercies in the past, and especially in the recent deliverance, leads the psalmist to implore a continuance of his mercies in the future. He is not yet free from troubles. There are still enemies who afflict and threaten him - "heathen" who seek to "prevail" against him (vers. 19, 20), and perhaps already domestic enemies, especially the "sons of Zeruiah," causing him anxiety. Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me; literally, my trouble (or, my affliction) from my haters. Vers. 17, 19, 20 show that the heathen are especially intended (see 2 Samuel 10:15-19). Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; i.e. "Thou that continually (or, habitually) art my Support in the extremity of peril," "lifting me up" even from the very "gates of death." (For other mentions of "the gates of death," see Job 38:17; Psalm 107:18.) Classical writers speak of "the gates of darkness" (σκότου πύλας) in almost the same sense (Eurip., 'Hec.,' 1. 1).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13, 14) It is natural to take these verses as the cry for help just mentioned.Consider.--Literally, see my suffering from my haters.My lifter up from the gates of death.--For the gates of sheol, see Note to Psalm 6:5. (Comp. Psalm 107:18, and the Homeric phrase "the gates of Hades.") We might perhaps paraphrase "from the verge of the grave," if it were not for the evident antithesis to "gates of the daughter of Zion" in the next verse. We understand, therefore, "gates" in sense of "power," "rule," the gate being the seat of the judge or king, and so, like our "court," synonymous for his power. (Comp. Sublime Porte.)Daughter of Zion--i.e., Zion itself (see Isaiah 37:22): a common personification of cities and their inhabitants. So of Edom (Lamentations 4:21); of Babylon (Psalm 137:8, &c). . . .
