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Psalm 139:21-23
New English Translation
Psalm 139:21-23
New English Translation
21 O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,
and despise those who oppose you?[a]
22 I absolutely hate them;[b]
they have become my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts.[c]
Test me, and know my concerns.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:21 tc Heb “who raise themselves up against you.” The form וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvitqomemekha) should be emended to וּבְמִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvemitqomemekha), a Hitpolel participle (the prefixed מ [mem] of the participle is accidentally omitted in the MT, though a few medieval Hebrew mss have it).
- Psalm 139:22 tn Heb “[with] completeness of hatred I hate them.”
- Psalm 139:23 tn Heb “and know my heart.”
- Psalm 139:23 tn The Hebrew noun שַׂרְעַפַּי (sarʿappay, “concerns”) is used of “worries” in Ps 94:19.
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