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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:23

In 11 translations

BSB
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
KJV
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
WEB
I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
ASV
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
LSV
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, || And I plague those hating him,
YLT
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
DBY
But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
DRC88:24
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
GNV
But I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
JPS89:24
And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
LXXE88:24
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC89:24
וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃KJV:Ps.89.23
LXX-Br88:24
Καὶ συγκόψω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας αὐτὸν τροπώσομαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
  • 2 Samuel 22:40–44You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the…
  • John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  • Psalms 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will…
  • 2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
  • Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
  • 2 Samuel 7:1After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
  • Psalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
  • Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
  • Psalms 109:3–110:1They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set over him a wicked man; let an…
  • Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  • Psalms 2:1–6Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 89:24 in some Bibles
  • 89:23 in most Bibles

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