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Psalms 139:19
19If only You would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloody men!
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.
- New International Version (NIV)If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
- 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.
Context of Psalms 139:19
17How precious are Your thoughts, O God! How great 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 would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloody men! 20For they speak about You with wicked intent. Your enemies reproach You in vain. 21Do I not hate those who hate You, Adonai? Do I not loathe those who rise against You?
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:19 word by word
אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:19
- Psalms 5:6Braggarts will not stand before your eyes. You hate all wrongdoers.
- Psalms 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
- Psalms 55:23Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Psalms 64:7They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep.
- Psalms 94:23He will repay them for their wickedness, and will annihilate them in their evil. Adonai our God will annihilate them.
- Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the poor of the land. He will strike the land with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
- Psalms 6:8My eyes are weakened with grief— they age because of my enemies.
- Psalms 119:115Away from me, evildoers, so I may keep the mitzvot of my God!
- Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”
- Matthew 25:41Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Go away from Me, you cursed ones, into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them, and be separate, says Adonai. Touch no unclean thing. Then I will take you in.
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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