Psalms 38:19
in Psalms 38Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
KJV
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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This verse in Psalms 38
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Psalms 38:19-20
(Verses 19, 20.) My enemies, he says, are alive and they have become strong against me; and they have multiplied, those who hate me unjustly. They repay evil for good, they spoke ill of me; because I pursued justice. But how much more illustrious was he, who died daily, so that he might give life to his people: and he offered his body to the wounds of death; as he himself says: In deaths often (2 Corinthians 11:23)!
This site's exposition
I confess my iniquity
on Psalms 38:18-20
The confession is plain, the iniquity named and the sin grieved. Alongside it stand enemies who hate without cause and repay his good with evil. Both hold at once, a guilty man before God and a wronged man before his enemies.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong. However weak and dying the righteous man may be, the evils which oppose him are sure to be lively enough. Neither the world, the flesh, nor the devil, are ever afflicted with debility or inertness; this trinity if evils labour with mighty unremitting energy to overthrow us. If the devil were sick, or our lusts feeble, or Madame Bubble infirm, we might slacken prayer; but with such lively and vigorous enemies we must not cease to cry mightily unto our God. And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽ֭אֹיְבַי | veoyevai | and enemies my | H341 → | 282 times |
| חַיִּ֣ים | chaiyim | life | H2416 → | 498 times |
| עָצֵ֑מוּ | ʾatzemu | they are numerous | H6105 → | 20 times |
| וְרַבּ֖וּ | verabu | and they are many | H7231 → | 21 times |
| שֹׂנְאַ֣י | soneai | [those who] hate me | H8130 → | 146 times |
| שָֽׁקֶר׃ | shaker | falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
וְֽ֭אֹיְבַיand enemies my
veoyevaiH341 →282 times
חַיִּ֣יםlife
chaiyimH2416 →498 times
עָצֵ֑מוּthey are numerous
ʾatzemuH6105 →20 times
וְרַבּ֖וּand they are many
verabuH7231 →21 times
שֹׂנְאַ֣י[those who] hate me
soneaiH8130 →146 times
שָֽׁקֶר׃falsehood
shakerH8267 →113 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
it leads to
- Matthew 24:13
But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Matthew 24:13
Through
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
it leads to
- John 15:25
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 35:19
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- John 15:25
Through
Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
it leads to
- Psalms 17:7
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
- Psalms 17:7
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Ambrose of Milan, Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.