Psalms 55:20
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had given thee this day into my hand in the cave; and they bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
2 Samuel 5:3And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel 15:10And Absalom sent emissaries into all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.
2 Kings 17:34To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
Psalms 7:4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
Psalms 89:34My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:17-23
Confidence in God. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. 21 The… Read the whole commentary →