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Psalms 54:5

In 11 translations

BSB: He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
KJV: He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.mine…: Heb. those that observe me
WEB: He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
ASV: He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
LSV: Turn back the evil to my enemies, || Cut them off in Your truth.
YLT: Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.
DBY: He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.
DRC53:7: Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy truth.
GNV: He shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies: Oh cut them off in thy trueth!
JPS54:7: He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth.
LXXE53:7: He shall return evil to mine enemies; utterly destroy them in thy truth.

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Written (Ketiv): יָשׁוֹב (“may it return”). Read aloud (Qere): יָשִׁ֣יב (“may he bring back”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Leningrad Codex reads יָשִׁ֣וב; read aloud (Qere) reads יָשִׁ֣יב (“may he bring back”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC54:7: ישוב הָ֭רַע לְשֹׁרְרָ֑י בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ הַצְמִיתֵֽם׃KJV:Ps.54.5Read aloud as (qere): יָשִׁ֣יב
LXX-Br53:7: Ἀποστρέψει τὰ κακὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου, ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου ἐξολόθρευσον αὐτούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Ziphims Ziph Neginoth Cut; Cutting Harp David Prayer

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
Psalms 31:23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
Psalms 143:1O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles

53:7 in some Bibles
54:5 in most Bibles