Psalms 27:12
Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.
13I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:16'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,
1 Samuel 26:19And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men — cursed [are] they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Psalms 25:19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.
Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
Psalms 38:16When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.
Psalms 41:11By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over 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 →