23 I will crush his foes before him(A)
    and strike down his adversaries.(B)

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23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

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I have been with you wherever you have gone,(A) and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.(B) Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.(C)

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And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.

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23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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God’s Promise to David(A)

After the king was settled in his palace(B) and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies(C) around him,(D)

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And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

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The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time.(A) David grew stronger and stronger,(B) while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.(C)

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Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

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27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

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27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

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18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,(A)
    but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”(B)

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18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

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With words of hatred(A) they surround me;
    they attack me without cause.(B)
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(C)
They repay me evil for good,(D)
    and hatred for my friendship.

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser(E) stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(F)
    and may his prayers condemn(G) him.
May his days be few;(H)
    may another take his place(I) of leadership.
May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(J)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(K)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(L) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(M) the fruits of his labor.(N)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(O) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(P)
    their names blotted out(Q) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(R) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(S) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(T) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(U) and the brokenhearted.(V)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.(W)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing(X) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,(Y)
    into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped(Z) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment(AA) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil(AB) of me.

21 But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;(AC)
    out of the goodness of your love,(AD) deliver me.(AE)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow;(AF)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees give(AG) way from fasting;(AH)
    my body is thin and gaunt.(AI)
25 I am an object of scorn(AJ) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.(AK)

26 Help me,(AL) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
27 Let them know(AM) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
28 While they curse,(AN) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.(AO)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame(AP) as in a cloak.

30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng(AQ) of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stands at the right hand(AR) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says(AS) to my lord:[b]

“Sit at my right hand(AT)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought
  2. Psalm 110:1 Or Lord

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.

28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

110 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Your hand will lay hold(A) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.(B)

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Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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40 You made my enemies turn their backs(A) in flight,
    and I destroyed(B) my foes.

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40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

The One enthroned(F) in heaven laughs;(G)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
He rebukes them in his anger(H)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,(I) saying,
“I have installed my king(J)
    on Zion,(K) my holy mountain.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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40 You armed me with strength for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries before me.(A)
41 You made my enemies turn their backs(B) in flight,
    and I destroyed my foes.
42 They cried for help,(C) but there was no one to save them—(D)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(E)
43 I beat them as fine as the dust(F) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled(G) them like mud(H) in the streets.

44 “You have delivered(I) me from the attacks of the peoples;
    you have preserved(J) me as the head of nations.
People(K) I did not know now serve me,

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40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

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