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Psalms 139:22

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?

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
KJV: I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
WEB: I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
ASV: I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
DARBY: I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
BLB: I have hated them with perfect hatred; they have become as enemies to me!

ÅB: Jeg hater dem med et fullkomment hat; de er mine fiender.
OTB: Jeg hater dem med fullkommen hat;
De har blitt mine fiender.
B1930: Jeg hater dem med et fullkomment hat; de er mine fiender.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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Psalms 101:3–8
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
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