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Psalm 139:21–22

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139:21O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,

and despise those who oppose you?36

139:22I absolutely hate them,37

they have become my enemies!

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Heb “who raise themselves up against you.” The form וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvitqomémekha) should be emended to וּבְמִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvémitqomémekha), a Hitpolel participle (the prefixed mem [ם] of the participle is accidentally omitted in the , though a few medieval Hebrew have it).
  2. 37 Heb “[with] completeness of hatred I hate them.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with complete hatred;

I count them my enemies.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,

and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, don’t I hate those who hate you,

and detest those who rebel against you?

I hate them with extreme hatred;

I consider them my enemies.

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?

Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?

Yes, I hate them with total hatred,

for your enemies are my enemies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with a complete hatred;

they have become my enemies.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.