Psalm 89:23
New International Version
I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

New Living Translation
I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.

English Standard Version
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

Berean Standard Bible
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

King James Bible
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

New King James Version
I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.

New American Standard Bible
“But I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

NASB 1995
“But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

NASB 1977
“But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

Legacy Standard Bible
But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

Amplified Bible
“I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

Christian Standard Bible
I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.

American Standard Version
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall destroy his enemies from before him and I shall defeat his haters.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

Contemporary English Version
I will strike down and crush his troublesome enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.

English Revised Version
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will crush his enemies in front of him and defeat those who hate him.

Good News Translation
I will crush his foes and kill everyone who hates him.

International Standard Version
I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

Literal Standard Version
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, | And I plague those hating him,

Majority Standard Bible
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

New American Bible
I will crush his foes before him, strike down those who hate him.

NET Bible
I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

New Revised Standard Version
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

New Heart English Bible
I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.

World English Bible
I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

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Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. 24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

2 Samuel 7:10
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

Psalm 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery."

Psalm 18:40
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

I will

2 Samuel 3:7
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

2 Samuel 7:1,9
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; …

2 Samuel 22:40-44
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me…

plague

Psalm 2:1-6
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

Psalm 21:8,9
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee…

Psalm 109:3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

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Psalm 89
1. The psalmist praises God for his covenant
5. For his wonderful power
15. For the care of his church
19. For his favor to the kingdom of David
38. Then complaining of contrary events
46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses God.














(23) Beat down.--Probably bray, as in a mortar.

Plague.--Or, smite.

Verse 23. - And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him (comp. 2 Samuel 7:9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will crush
וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י (wə·ḵat·tō·w·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3807: To bruise, violently strike

his foes
צָרָ֑יו (ṣā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

before him
מִפָּנָ֣יו (mip·pā·nāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and strike down
אֶגּֽוֹף׃ (’eg·gō·wp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

those who hate him.
וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו (ū·mə·śan·’āw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate


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