Psalms 139:20
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
In Context
19Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
21Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Cross References
Job 21:14And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Psalms 73:8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
Isaiah 37:28And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thy anger towards Me.
Revelation 13:6and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,
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 →