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New International Version
I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.New Living Translation
Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.English Standard Version
I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.Berean Standard Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.King James Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.New King James Version
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.New American Standard Bible
I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.NASB 1995
I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.NASB 1977
I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.Legacy Standard Bible
I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.Amplified Bible
I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.Christian Standard Bible
I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies.Holman Christian Standard Bible
I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies. American Standard Version
I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.Contemporary English Version
They are my enemies too, and I truly hate them. English Revised Version
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.GOD'S WORD® Translation
I hate them with all my heart. They have become my enemies.Good News Translation
I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies. International Standard Version
With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies.Majority Standard Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.NET Bible
I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! New Heart English Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.Webster's Bible Translation
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.World English Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, "" They have become enemies to me.Young's Literal Translation
With perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.Smith's Literal Translation
I hated them with completeness of hatred: they were to me for enemies.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. Catholic Public Domain Version
With fierce hatred I hate them, enemies I count as my own. New Revised Standard Version
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleI hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have hated them with a complete hatred and they are enemies to me.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible
Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
…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. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,Luke 6:27-28
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, / bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.Romans 12:9
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.Romans 12:19-21
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” / On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” / Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.1 John 4:20
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Ephesians 4:26
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.John 15:18-19
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.Proverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ...Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.Psalm 26:5
I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
Treasury of Scripture
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
hate them
Psalm 101:3-8 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me…
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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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
Berean Study Bible
I hate them with perfect hatred
The phrase "I hate them with perfect hatred" is a strong expression of the psalmist's complete and unwavering opposition to those who are enemies of God. The Hebrew word for "hate" here is "שָׂנֵא" (sane), which conveys a deep-seated aversion or enmity. In the context of the psalm, this hatred is not a personal vendetta but a reflection of the psalmist's alignment with God's righteousness and justice. The term "perfect" in Hebrew is "תַּכְלִית" (takhlit), suggesting completeness or fullness. This indicates that the psalmist's hatred is not impulsive or partial but is a fully developed stance against evil, aligning with God's own perspective on sin and unrighteousness. Historically, this reflects the ancient Israelite understanding of loyalty to God, where allegiance to Yahweh necessitated a rejection of His adversaries.
I count them my enemies
The phrase "I count them my enemies" reveals the psalmist's conscious decision to identify with God's cause. The Hebrew word for "count" is "חָשַׁב" (chashav), meaning to consider or reckon. This implies a deliberate and thoughtful alignment with God's perspective. The term "enemies" is "אוֹיֵב" (oyev), which refers to those who oppose or are hostile. In the scriptural context, this is not merely about personal animosity but about standing against those who oppose God's will and purposes. The psalmist's declaration is a commitment to God's holiness and a rejection of anything that stands against it. This reflects a broader biblical theme where believers are called to love what God loves and hate what God hates, emphasizing a life of holiness and separation from sin.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(22) With perfect hatred.--Literally, with perfection of hatred. Comp. Tennyson's
"Dowered with the hate of hate."
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 22. - I hate them with perfect hatred; i.e. with pure, absolute, intense hatred - a hatred commensurate with the love that he felt towards all God's saints. I count them mine enemies; i.e. I regard them as my private foes. I have the same feeling towards them as I have towards those who are at open enmity with me, and seek my destruction. The command had not yet been given, "Love your enemies" (Matthew 5:44). Parallel Commentaries ...
Hebrew
I hate
שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים (śə·nê·ṯîm)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8130: To hate
them with perfect
תַּכְלִ֣ית (taḵ·lîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8503: Completion, an extremity
hatred;
שִׂנְאָ֣ה (śin·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8135: Hating, hatred
I count them
הָ֣יוּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be
as my enemies.
לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים (lə·’ō·wy·ḇîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary
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