Psalms 139:20

For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

In Context

19If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

21Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

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Cross References

Job 21:14Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

Psalms 73:8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

Psalms 74:22Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

Isaiah 37:28But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

Revelation 13:6And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:18-24

The Omniscience of God. 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. 19 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? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred:… Read the whole commentary →

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