Psalms 27:12
Do not allow my enemies to do to me what they want; they say many false things about me and threaten to do violent things to me.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
13But I know that because I trust in you you will be good to me as long as I live.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:16“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
1 Samuel 26:19Your majesty, listen to me! If Yahweh has caused you to be angry with me, I should offer a sacrifice in order to appease him. But if it is people who have caused you to be angry with me, I hope/desire that Yahweh will curse them. They have forced me to leave the land that Yahweh gave to me. They have told me, ‘Go somewhere else and worship other gods!’
Psalms 25:19Also note that I have many enemies, see that they hate me very much.
Psalms 35:11People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know anything about.
Psalms 38:16I said to you, “Do not cause me to die, with the result that my enemies will rejoice! Do not cause me to stumble, with the result that they will be very happy!”
Psalms 41:11If you enable me to do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with 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 →