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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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New Century Version

Psalms 27:12

Do not hand me over to my enemies, because they tell lies about me and say they will hurt me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   David;   False Teachers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cruelty;   Kindness-Cruelty;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - False Witness;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Breath;   Cruel;   Enemy;   Psalms, Book of;   Witness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not give me over to the will of my foes,for false witnesses rise up against me,breathing violence.
Hebrew Names Version
Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.
King James Version
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
English Standard Version
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
New English Translation
Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
Amplified Bible
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, For false witnesses have come against me; They breathe out violence.
New American Standard Bible
Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, For false witnesses have risen against me, And the violent witness.
World English Bible
Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not give me over to the desire of my adversaries,For false witnesses have risen against me,And such as breathe out violence.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Contemporary English Version
Don't let them do to me what they want. People tell lies about me and make terrible threats,
Complete Jewish Bible
don't give me up to the whims of my foes; for false witnesses have risen against me, also those who are breathing violence.
Darby Translation
Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
Easy-to-Read Version
My enemies have attacked me. They have told lies about me and have tried to hurt me.
George Lamsa Translation
Deliver me not over into the hands of my enemies; for false witnesses are risen up against me and have spoken cruelly.
Good News Translation
Don't abandon me to my enemies, who attack me with lies and threats.
Lexham English Bible
Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and each breathing out violence.
Literal Translation
Do not give me into the soul of my foes; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and the ones breathing out violence.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Delyuer me not into the wylles of myne aduersaries, for there are false wytnesses rysen vp against me, and they ymagyn myschefe.
American Standard Version
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
Bible in Basic English
Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
King James Version (1611)
Deliuer me not ouer vnto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen vp against me, and such as breath out crueltie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes: for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me, and such as speake wrong.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.
English Revised Version
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bitake thou not me in to the soules of hem, that troblen me; for wickid witnessis han rise ayens me, and wickydnesse liede to it silf.
Update Bible Version
Don't deliver me over to the will of my adversaries: For false witnesses have risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
Webster's Bible Translation
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
New King James Version
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
New Living Translation
Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I've never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence.
New Life Bible
Do not give me over to the desire of those who hate me. For people who tell lies about me rise against me, and breathe a desire to hurt me.
New Revised Standard
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(26-12) Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
Revised Standard Version
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
Young's Literal Translation
Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.

Contextual Overview

7 Lord , hear me when I call; have mercy and answer me. 8 My heart said of you, "Go, worship him." So I come to worship you, Lord . 9 Do not turn away from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger; you have helped me. Do not push me away or leave me alone, God, my Savior. 10 If my father and mother leave me, the Lord will take me in. 11 Lord , teach me your ways, and guide me to do what is right because I have enemies. 12 Do not hand me over to my enemies, because they tell lies about me and say they will hurt me. 13 I truly believe I will live to see the Lord 's goodness. 14 Wait for the Lord 's help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the Lord 's help.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will: Psalms 31:8, Psalms 35:25, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 41:11, Psalms 140:8

false: Psalms 35:11, Exodus 20:16, 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Samuel 26:19, 2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:8, Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:60, Acts 6:11-13

breathe: Psalms 25:19, Acts 9:1, Acts 26:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness Deuteronomy 19:16 - a false witness 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Job 16:11 - turned Job 35:14 - trust Psalms 41:2 - thou wilt not Psalms 55:3 - for they Proverbs 6:19 - A false Jeremiah 37:14 - said Micah 7:7 - wait Mark 14:55 - sought Acts 6:13 - set Acts 25:7 - and laid

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
he said, "May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers."
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He loved to be out in the fields. But Jacob was a quiet man and stayed among the tents.
Genesis 27:21
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son. Then I will know if you are really my son Esau."
Genesis 27:22
So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac touched him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your hands are hairy like the hands of Esau."
Genesis 27:36
Esau said, "Jacob is the right name for him. He has tricked me these two times. He took away my share of everything you own, and now he has taken away my blessing." Then Esau asked, "Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"
Deuteronomy 27:18
"Anyone will be cursed who sends a blind person down the wrong road." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"
Job 12:16
He is strong and victorious; both the one who fools others and the one who is fooled belong to him.
Jeremiah 48:10
A curse will be on anyone who doesn't do what the Lord says, and a curse will be on anyone who holds back his sword from killing.
Malachi 1:14
"The person who cheats will be cursed. He has a male animal in his flock and promises to offer it, but then he offers to the Lord an animal that has something wrong with it. I am a great king," says the Lord All-Powerful, "and I am feared by all the nations.
2 Corinthians 6:8
Some people honor us, but others blame us. Some people say evil things about us, but others say good things. Some people say we are liars, but we speak the truth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies,.... It is a dreadful thing for a man to be given up to his own heart's lusts, and to be delivered up into the hands of Satan; who would fain have even the people of God themselves in his hands, that he might distress them at pleasure, if not destroy them; and also to be suffered to fall into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel;

for false witnesses are risen up against me; laying to his charge, that he sought to take away from Saul his crown and kingdom, and even his life, 1 Samuel 24:9;

and such as breathe out cruelty; as Doeg the Edomite, whose tongue was as a sharp razor, and by whose hands four score and five priests were slain, on account of David's being supplied with bread by Ahimelech; the word is in the singular number; see Psalms 52:1; compare with this clause Acts 9:1; and Horace's phrase, "Spirabat amores" l.

l Carmin. l. 4. Ode. 13. v. 19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies - Let them not accomplish their desires in regard to me; let them not be able to carry out their purposes. The word here rendered “will” means properly “soul,” but it is used here evidently to denote “wish” or “desire.” Compare Psalms 35:25.

For false witnesses are risen up against me - People who would lay false charges against him, or who would wrongfully accuse him. They charged him with crimes which he never committed, and they persecuted him as if he were guilty of what they alleged against him.

And such as breathe out cruelty - That is, they meditate violence or cruel treatment. They are intent on this; they pant for it. Saul of Tarsus thus “breathed out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord.” See the notes at Acts 9:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 27:12. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemiesTo their soul benephesh; their whole soul thirsts for my destruction. Let them not be gratified. They have suborned witnesses against me, but they are false witnesses: unmask their wickedness, and confound their counsels.


 
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