God’s Word Translation
Psalms 89:23
23I will crush his enemies in front of him and defeat those who hate him.
Psalms 89:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
- New International Version (NIV)I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.
Context of Psalms 89:23
21My hand is ready to help him. My arm will also give him strength. 22No enemy will take him by surprise. No wicked person will mistreat him. I will crush his enemies in front of him and defeat those who hate him. 24My faithfulness and mercy will be with him, and in my name he will be victorious. 25I will put his ⌞left⌟ hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:23 word by word
וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:23
- 2 Samuel 3:7Saul had a concubine named Rizpah (Aiah’s daughter). Ishbosheth asked Abner, “Why did you have sex with my father’s concubine?”
- 2 Samuel 7:1While King David was living in his house, the Lord gave him peace with all his enemies around him.
- 2 Samuel 22:40You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Psalms 21:8Your hand will discover all your enemies. Your powerful hand will find all who hate you.
- Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me for no reason.
- Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne until I put your enemies under your control.”
- Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.”
- Luke 19:14“The citizens of his own country hated him. They sent representatives to follow him and say ⌞to the person who was going to appoint him⌟, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
- John 15:23The person who hates me also hates my Father.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them: showing that the power of doing this was not his own, but was the power of God exerted in his behalf. And plague them that hate him - His enemies. I will bring “plagues” upon them: calamities, judgments, afflictions. The word is commonly used to denote those judgments which come directly from the hand of God - as famine, pestilence, wasting sickness, the plague, or the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-37Verses 19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions and promises are fully…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-37The Lord chose David as his son and king of Israel (see Psalm 2:4–6; 2 Samuel 7:8–16) to protect his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou ... to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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