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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 139) Psalms 139:19-22 KJV
"Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies."
Psalms Chapter 139, Verse 19-22
Psalms 139:19-22 in Context (Verses 16–24 KJV)
16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.**
17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.*