Psalm 139:21
New International Version
Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

New Living Translation
O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?

English Standard Version
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

Berean Standard Bible
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

King James Bible
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

New King James Version
Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

New American Standard Bible
Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

NASB 1995
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

NASB 1977
Do I not hate those who hate Thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against Thee?

Legacy Standard Bible
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Yahweh? And do I not revile those who rise up against You?

Amplified Bible
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you, and detest those who rebel against you?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?

American Standard Version
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I hate those who hate you, LORD JEHOVAH, and I am enraged against those who stand against you!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?

Contemporary English Version
You know I hate anyone who hates you, LORD, and refuses to obey.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?

English Revised Version
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Shouldn't I hate those who hate you, O LORD? Shouldn't I be disgusted with those who attack you?

Good News Translation
O LORD, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you!

International Standard Version
I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not�?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?

Literal Standard Version
Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?

Majority Standard Bible
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

New American Bible
Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate you? Those who rise against you, do I not loathe?

NET Bible
O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?

New Revised Standard Version
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

New Heart English Bible
LORD, do I not hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

Webster's Bible Translation
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

World English Bible
Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

Young's Literal Translation
Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Psalm 26:5
I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalm 31:6
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

Psalm 119:158
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

Psalm 139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.


Treasury of Scripture

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?

do not I

Psalm 15:4
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Psalm 31:6
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

and am not

Psalm 119:136,158
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law…

Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

Mark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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Psalm 139
1. David praises God for his all-seeing providence
17. And for this infinite mercies
19. He defies the wicked
23. He prays for sincerity














(21) Do not I . . .--Better--

"Must I not hate thy haters, Jehovah,

And feel loathing for thy assailants?"

Verse 21. - Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? Those who love God must hate God's enemies. The psalmist claims to be of this number.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do I not
הֲלֽוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hate
מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ (mə·śan·’e·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

those who hate You,
אֶשְׂנָ֑א (’eś·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

O LORD,
יְהוָ֥ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and detest
אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃ (’eṯ·qō·w·ṭāṭ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6962: To cut off, detest

those who rise against You?
וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ (ū·ḇiṯ·qō·wm·me·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8618: Rise up against


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