Psalms 105:15
[Saying,] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
In Context
14He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake;
16And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.
Cross References
Genesis 26:11And Abimelech charged all his 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, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly 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 stretch 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-mecholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.
Jeremiah 36:26And the king commanded Yerachmeel the son of the king, and Serayahu the son of 'Azriel, and Shelemyahu the son of 'Abdeel, to seize on Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the Lord hid them.
Zechariah 2:8(2:12) For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, For the sake of [your] glory hath he sent me unto the nations that have despoiled you; for whoever 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 →