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Psalms 35:19
19Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
Psalms 35:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
Context of Psalms 35:19
17How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions! 18Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people. Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow. 20They don’t talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business. 21They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:19 word by word
אַֽל־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִ֣י אֹיְבַ֣י שֶׁ֑קֶר שֹׂנְאַ֥י חִ֝נָּ֗ם יִקְרְצוּ־עָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 35:19
- Psalms 35:15But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
- Psalms 13:4Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.
- Psalms 25:2I trust in you, my God! Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
- Psalms 38:16I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.”
- John 16:20I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy.
- Revelation 11:7When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.
- Psalms 38:19I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason.
- Job 15:12What has taken away your reason? What has weakened your vision,
- Proverbs 6:13signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
- Proverbs 10:10People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace.
- Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me with lies, demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
- Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and fight against me for no reason.
- Psalms 119:161Powerful people harass me without cause, but my heart trembles only at your word.
- 1 Samuel 24:11Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.
- Lamentations 3:52My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird.
- John 15:25This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures: ‘They hated me without cause.’
Commentaries on Psalms 35:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19That are mine enemies - Saul and his courtiers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me - Margin, “falsely.” Literally, “My enemies of falsehood;” that is, who are “falsely” my foes; who have no just cause for being opposed to me. Compare Matthew 5:11. David was conscious that he had done them no wrong, or that he had given no occasion for their conduct toward him, and hence, his prayer is simply a request that justice might be done. Neither let them wink with the eye - Compare…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-28Verses 17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19John applied this claim of innocence (see also Psalm 69:4) to Jesus (John 15:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. enemies wrongfully--by false and slanderous imputations. wink with the eye--an insulting gesture (Pr 6:13). without a cause--manifests more malice than having a wrong cause.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 35
- 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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