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Psalms 139:19
19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
Psalms 139:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!
Context of Psalms 139:19
17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you. If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. 21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
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אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:19
- Psalms 5:6you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
- Psalms 94:23He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.
- Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
- Psalms 6:8Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.
- Psalms 119:115Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
- Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
- Matthew 25:41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Commentaries on Psalms 139:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God - Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:4. The literal translation of this would be, “If thou wilt slay the wicked.” It is not easy to account for the sudden and remarkable transition or diversion of the train of thought from the main subject of the psalm, in these verses Psalm 139:19-22, in which the psalmist gives vent to his feelings toward the wicked, and prays that they may depart from him. Perhaps the explanation 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. 19If only You would slay the wicked If only You would slay the wicked.Read the comment
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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
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