Psalms 54:5
Let him turn back the mischief upon mine adversaries, In thy faithfulness, destroy them!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
In Context
4Lo! God, is bringing me help, My Lord, is with the upholders of my life;
Cross References
Psalms 5:8O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way:
Psalms 31:23Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness,—Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.
Psalms 89:49Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!
Psalms 137:8O ruined daughter of Babylon,—how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Psalms 143:12And, in thy lovingkindness, wilt thou exterminate my foes,—and destroy all the adversaries of my soul, because, I, am thy servant.
Revelation 18:6Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double [the] double, according to her works,—in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double,—
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54:5-7
Consolations. 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord ; for it is good. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. We have here the lively actings of David's faith in his prayer, by which he was assured that the issue would be comfortable, though the attempt upon him was formidable. I. He… Read the whole commentary →