Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!

He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”

The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies.

So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.

For you deliver us from our enemies; you humiliate those who hate us.

O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

I belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts.

Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually.

I cried out to you, “Deliver me, so that I can keep your rules.”

I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.

Joab said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

Then those living in the towns of Judah and in Jerusalem will go and cry out for help to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. However, those gods will by no means be able to save them when disaster strikes them.