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Psalms 89:23
23No enemy will exact tribute from him, no son of wickedness will oppress him.
Psalms 89:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
- New International Version (NIV)I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.
Context of Psalms 89:23
21I have found David My servant. With My holy oil I have anointed him. 22With him My hand will be established. Surely My arm will strengthen him. No enemy will exact tribute from him, no son of wickedness will oppress him. 24I will crush his adversaries before him, and strike down those who hate him. 25My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, and by My Name his horn will be exalted.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:23 word by word
וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:23
- 2 Samuel 3:7Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you slept with my father’s concubine?”
- 2 Samuel 7:1Now it came about when the king lived in his palace and Adonai had granted him rest from all his enemies around him,
- 2 Samuel 22:40You girded me with strength for battle. You made those rising up against me bow down before me.
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar, and the peoples mutter vanity?
- Psalms 21:8For the king trusts in Adonai, and in the lovingkindness of Elyon he will not be shaken.
- Psalms 109:3with hateful words surrounded me, and fought against me without cause.
- Psalms 110:1A psalm of David. Adonai declares to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Psalms 132:18His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shine.”
- Luke 19:14But his citizens detested him and they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this fellow to reign over us!’
- John 15:23“He who hates Me also hates My Father.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them: showing that the power of doing this was not his own, but was the power of God exerted in his behalf. And plague them that hate him - His enemies. I will bring “plagues” upon them: calamities, judgments, afflictions. The word is commonly used to denote those judgments which come directly from the hand of God - as famine, pestilence, wasting sickness, the plague, or the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-37Verses 19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions and promises are fully…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-37The Lord chose David as his son and king of Israel (see Psalm 2:4–6; 2 Samuel 7:8–16) to protect his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou ... to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- 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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