Lexicon :: Strong's H6184 - ʿārîṣ

Or, ‘Rescue me from the adversary’s hand,’

Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,

And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]

Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

For strangers have risen against me

And violent men have sought my life;

They have not set God before them. Selah.

O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;

A band of violent men have sought my life,

And they have not set You before them.

A gracious and good woman attains honor,

And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].

In this way I will punish the world for its evil

And the wicked for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];

I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud

And will abase the arrogance of the tyrant.

Therefore a strong people will honor You;

Cities of terrible and violent nations will fear You.

But the multitude of your enemies [that assault you] will become like fine dust,

And the multitude of the tyrants like the chaff which [fn]blows away;

And it will happen in an instant, suddenly [that your enemy is destroyed].

For the tyrant will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,

Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off—

Indeed, this is what the LORD says,

“Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away,

And the tyrant’s spoils of war will be rescued;

For I will contend with your opponent,

And I will save your children.

“So I will rescue you out of the hand of the wicked,

And I will redeem you from the [grasping] palm of the terrible and ruthless [tyrant].”

But the LORD is with me as a dread champion [one to be greatly feared];

Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not overcome [me].

They will be completely shamed, for they have not acted wisely and have failed [in their schemes];

Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.

Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you,

The most ruthless and violent of the nations.

And they will draw their swords

Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre]

And defile your splendor.

“He and his people with him,

The most violent and ruthless of the nations,

Will be brought in to destroy the land,

And they will draw their swords against Egypt

And fill the land with the slain.

And they will devastate the pride and presumption of Egypt,

And all its hordes will be destroyed.