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Psalms 25:19
19See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred 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
17Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. 18Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me! 20Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:19 word by word
רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:19
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
- Psalms 27:2When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
- Psalms 38:19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
- Psalms 56:2My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
- Psalms 57:4I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men 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 anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.
- Psalms 143:3The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
- 2 Samuel 16:11David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king
- Luke 22:2and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
- Luke 23:5But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
- Psalms 11:5The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
- Psalms 18:48who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
- Psalms 52:2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
- Psalms 86:14Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me— they have no regard for you.
- Psalms 140:1Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
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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