Psalms 139:20
For they speak against you wickedly, and yours enemies take your name in vain.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
In Context
19Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, all of you bloody men.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
Cross References
Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
Psalms 73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead yours own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily.
Isaiah 37:28But I know your abode, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me.
Revelation 13:6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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 →