Psalms 54:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 54:5

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

KJV

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ASV

He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

WEB

He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

YLT

Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.

DBT

He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

14 verses on the floor

Psalms 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms 59:10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms 89:49
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Psalms 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalms 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.

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How treacherous, how officious, were these Ziphim! It is well that God is faithful, for men are not to be trusted, Mic. vii. His prayer to God for succour and deliverance,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But he prays, Cut them off in thy truth. This is not a prayer of malice, but a prayer of faith; for it has an eye to the word of God, and only desires the performance of that. There is truth in God's threatenings as well as in his promises, and sinners that repent not will find it so to their cost.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He shall . . . evil--or, "Evil shall return on" (Ps 7:16) my enemies or watchers, that is, to do me evil (Ps 6:7). in thy truth--Thy verified promise.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thy truth - Whereby thou art engaged to fulfil thy promises and threatenings.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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