Psalms 27:12

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

In Context

11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

Psalms 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:8-14

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord , will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord , and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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