Psalms 139:20
Who speak of thee for a wicked end, thy enemies, that bear [thy name] for a vain purpose.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
In Context
19If thou wouldst but slay the wicked, O God! and ye men of blood, depart from me.
Cross References
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
Psalms 73:8They scorn, and speak wickedly of oppression: loftily do they speak.
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
Isaiah 37:28But thy abiding, and thy going out, and thy coming in do I know, 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 →