Psalms 139:19
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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Compare
- BSB
- O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
- KJV
- Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- WEB
- If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
- ASV
- Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
- DARBY
- Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
- BLB
- If only You would slay, O God, the wicked; and the men of blood, may they turn aside from me—
- ÅB
- Gud, gid du ville drepe den ugudelige, og dere blodtørstige menn, vik fra meg -
- OTB
- Om Du bare ville drepe de onde, Gud;
Gå bort fra meg, dere blodtørstige menn. - B1930
- Gud, gid du vilde drepe den ugudelige, og I blodtørstige menn, vik fra mig -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Read in contextPsalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Read in contextPsalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Read in contextPsalms 6:8
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Read in contextPsalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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