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Bible Verses About Deliverer: 12

Bible Verses About Deliverer: 12 on palat and rhyomai.

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By Christopher McAllister

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Published October 2, 20265 min readPsalm 40:17 (NIV)

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"But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay."

— Psalm 40:17 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about deliverer want Scripture on God as palat / natsal / rhyomai — the one who snatches and rescues — not only the salvation gift list or redeemer / savior title surveys alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about the Redeemer, Bible verses about the Savior, Bible verses about Messiah, Bible verses about the cross, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about captain of salvation, Bible verses about deliverance, and Bible verse of the day. Deliverer here means help-and-deliverer confession and the deliverer title — distinct from salvation-as-gift alone, Redeemer/Savior titles alone, and the rescue-verb survey on Bible verses about deliverance.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, deliver/escape often uses פָּלַט palat (Strong's H6403; Bible Hub H6403) — to escape or deliver — and נָצַל natsal (H5337; Bible Hub H5337) — to snatch away or rescue. In Greek, ῥύομαι rhyomai (G4506; Bible Hub G4506) means to draw to oneself / deliver. Psalm 40:17 names the Lord "my help and my deliverer"; Romans 11:26 speaks of the Deliverer from Zion. This list tracks deliverer/rescue confession — not the whole salvation inventory and not Redeemer/Savior title stacks.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalm 40 presses that the poor and needy still cry to God as help and deliverer, and that delay is answered by trust in him who saves (Bible Hub MHC Psalms 40; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Psalm 40). (Salvation, Redeemer, and Savior lists live on those pages; this list centers deliverer.)

12 Bible verses about deliverer

  1. Psalm 40:17. "But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay." My help and my deliverer — poor and needy still naming him. See Bible verses about hope.

  2. Psalm 70:5. "But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; Lord, do not delay." Help and deliverer — come quickly. See Bible verses about prayer.

  3. Romans 11:26. "and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: 'The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.'" The deliverer will come from Zion. See Bible verses about Messiah.

  4. Judges 3:9. "But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, who saved them." He raised up for them a deliverer. See Bible verses about salvation.

  5. Acts 7:35. "'This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, "Who made you ruler and judge?" He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.'" Sent as ruler and deliverer — by God himself. See Bible verses about calling.

  6. Colossians 1:13. "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves," Rescued from the dominion of darkness — into the Son's kingdom. See Bible verses about the cross.

  7. Judges 3:15. "Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab." He gave them a deliverer — Ehud. See Bible verses about hope.

  8. 2 Kings 13:5. "The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel, and they escaped from the power of Aram. So the Israelites lived in their own homes as they had before." The Lord provided a deliverer. See Bible verses about faith.

  9. Nehemiah 9:27. "So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies." From heaven he gave them deliverers. See Bible verses about prayer.

  10. Judges 2:16. "Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders." The Lord raised up judges who saved them. See Bible verses about salvation.

  11. Exodus 3:8. "So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites." I have come down to rescue them. See Bible verses about hope.

  12. Romans 7:24-25. "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin." Who will rescue me — he delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord. See Bible verses about the Savior.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the deliverer — not twelve as a grind. If you need the help-and-deliverer confession, start with Psalm 40:17. If you need the Zion deliverer promise, open Romans 11:26. If you need rescue from darkness, open Colossians 1:13. For salvation-as-gift more broadly, open Bible verses about salvation. For Redeemer titles, open Bible verses about the Redeemer. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about the deliverer?

Psalm 40:17 (my help and my deliverer), Romans 11:26 (the deliverer will come from Zion), and Colossians 1:13 (rescued from the dominion of darkness) are clear starting places.

How do Bible verses about deliverer differ from salvation or savior alone?

Salvation pages often center the gift received by grace through faith. Savior pages center the title soter. This page centers deliverer/rescue language (palat / natsal / rhyomai) — then cross-links salvation and savior. See Bible verses about salvation and Bible verses about the Savior.

What do palat, natsal, and rhyomai mean?

Hebrew palat (H6403) means to escape or deliver; natsal (H5337) means to snatch away or rescue. Greek rhyomai (G4506) means to draw to oneself / deliver. Psalmists and apostles stack that rescue vocabulary for God.

Is "deliverer" only an Old Testament title?

Romans 11:26 quotes the Deliverer from Zion; Colossians 1:13 and Romans 7:24-25 keep rescue language in the New Testament. See Bible verses about Messiah.

Where can I read more about salvation, redeemer, and the cross?

Start with Bible verses about salvation, then Bible verses about the Redeemer, Bible verses about the Savior, and Bible verses about the cross.

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