Revised Version 1895
Psalms 25:19
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
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!
- 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.
Context of Psalms 25:19
17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18Consider mine affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins. Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:19 word by word
רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 25:19
- Psalms 3:1LORD, how are mine adversaries increased! many are they that rise up against me.
- Psalms 27:2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 38:19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
- Psalms 56:2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Psalms 138:7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
- 2 Samuel 16:11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
- 2 Samuel 17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
- Luke 22:2And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
- Luke 23:5But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
- Psalms 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
- Psalms 18:48He rescueth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me: thou deliverest me from the violent man.
- Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Psalms 86:14O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the congregation of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
- Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
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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