Psalms 139:20 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 139:20

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

KJV

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ASV

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

WEB

who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

YLT

Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.

DBT

For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.

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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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12 verses on the floor

Jude 1:15
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Psalms 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Revelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The use David makes of this prospect which he has of the ruin of the wicked. (1.) He defies them: " Depart from me, you bloody men; you shall not debauch me, for I will not admit your friendship nor have fellowship with you; and you cannot destroy me, for, being under God's protection, he shall force you to depart from me." (2.) He detests them (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 139:20EXO 20:7 DEU 5:11
PSA 139:20EXO 20:7 LEV 19:12
PSA 139:20EXO 20:7 JAS 5:12
PSA 139:20EXO 20:7 MAT 5:33-37
PSA 139:20EXO 20:7 PSA 50:14-16
PSA 139:20PSA 74:18 PSA 39:8
PSA 139:20JUD 1:15 REV 22:12-15
PSA 139:20JUD 1:15 1CO 4:5

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