Psalms 139:20

Psalms 139:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
• New International Version (NIV)They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

Context of Psalms 139:20

18[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. 19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies. 21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee? 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.

Psalms 139:20 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375

Cross-references for Psalms 139:20

• Psalms 73:8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
• Psalms 74:18Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
• Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
• Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
• Jude 1:15to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard [things] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• Revelation 13:6And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven.
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.

Commentaries on Psalms 139:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20For they speak against thee wickedly - This is one form or manifestation of their character as wicked people, that they speak maliciously against God. The psalmist, therefore, desired to have nothing to do with them. It is always a sufficient reason for avoiding the society, the friendship, and the fellowship of others, when they profane, blaspheme, or calumniate the name of God. From such men we should at once withdraw. Piety shrinks from the society of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-24The psalmist’s sense of awe leads him to consider the wicked and to reflect on himself. The Lord, as the examiner of all people, judges the wicked for their destructive acts and speech. So, the psalmist prays that he will not be among them.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 20Who mention You with wicked thought They mention Your name regarding all the thoughts of their evil and call their deities with Your name.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 139:20

• Blasphemy
• God
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• Sin

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Commentaries on Psalms 139

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings