Psalms 105:15
'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
In Context
14He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:
16And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
Cross References
Genesis 26:11And Abimelech charged all the people, saying: 'He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.'
Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said: 'I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'
2 Samuel 1:14And David said unto him: 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?'
1 Kings 19:16and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Jeremiah 36:26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the LORD hid them.
Zechariah 2:8(2-12) For thus saith the LORD of hosts who sent me after glory unto the nations which spoiled you: 'Surely, he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →