Psalms 139:20
Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
In Context
19If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
Cross References
Job 21:14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
Psalms 73:8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
Isaiah 37:28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me.
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 →