Psalms 35:19
17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- KJV
- Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- WEB
- Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
- ASV
- Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- DARBY
- Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
- BLB
- Do not let my enemies rejoice over me [in] deception; those hating me for no reason wink the eye.
- ÅB
- La ikke dem glede seg over meg
som uten grunn er mine fiender!
La ikke dem som hater meg uten årsak,
blinke med øyet! - OTB
- La ikke dem som urettferdig er mine fiender glede seg over meg;
La heller ikke dem som hater meg uten grunn blunke ondsinnet. - B1930
- La ikke dem glede sig over mig, som uten grunn er mine fiender! La ikke dem som hater mig uten årsak, blinke med øiet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Read in contextJohn 15:25
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Read in contextProverbs 6:13
winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
Read in contextPsalms 13:4
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
Read in contextPsalms 38:19
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Read in contextProverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Read in contextPsalms 38:16
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Read in contextJohn 16:20–22
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
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