English Standard Version
Psalms 25:19
19Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
Psalms 25:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
- New International Version (NIV)See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Consider my enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
- New Living Translation (NLT)See how many enemies I have and how viciously they hate me!
Context of Psalms 25:19
17The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. 18Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins. Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me. 20Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:19 word by word
רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 25:19
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
- Psalms 27:2When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.
- Psalms 38:19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
- Psalms 56:2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 138:7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
- 2 Samuel 16:11And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,
- Luke 22:2And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
- Luke 23:5But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."
- Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
- Psalms 18:48who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
- Psalms 86:14O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
- Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
Commentaries on Psalms 25:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Consider mine enemies - Look upon them, and thou wilt see how impossible it is that I should be able to resist and overcome them. They are many, they hate me, and their hatred drives them to acts of cruelty against me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Consider mine enemies - See Psalm 25:2. It is evident that one source of the trouble referred to in the psalm was the fact that he had cruel foes, and that he was apprehensive of their designs. The train of thought seems to be, in accordance with the remarks above, that enemies actually surrounded him, and threatened him, and that this fact suggested the inquiry whether this was not permitted on account of his sins. this had led him to think of the sins…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all their enemies round about…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20The psalmist asks God to handle these enemies, knowing that the Lord hates violent people (see Psalm 11:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare Psa 13:1; 17:13, &c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (Psa 9:8; 18:48).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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