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Psalm 27:12

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27:12Do not turn me over to my enemies,32

for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.33

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Footnotes

  1. 32 Heb “do not give me over to the desire of my enemies.”
  2. 33 Heb “for they have risen up against me, lying witnesses and a testifier of violence.” The form יָפֵחַ (yafeakh) is traditionally understood as a verb meaning “snort, breathe out”: “for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty” (; cf. 422 ). A better option is to take the form as a noun meaning “a witness” (or “testifier”). See Prov 6:19; 12:17; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9, and Hab 2:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;

for false witnesses have risen against me,

and they breathe out violence.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

spouting malicious accusations.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

breathing violence.

NLTNew Living Translation

Do not let me fall into their hands.

For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;

with every breath they threaten me with violence.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies,

because false witnesses have arisen against me,

and each breathing out violence.

KJV 1900King James Version

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:

For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.