Psalm 89:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

I will crush all his foes in front of him. I will strike down all those who hate him.

Psalm 89:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:1

There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

2 Samuel 7:1

Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

2 Samuel 7:9

and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

Psalm 109:3

They surround me with words of hate and attack me without cause.

Psalm 132:18

His enemies I will clothe with disgrace, but on him, his crown will gleam.”

Psalm 18:40

You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.

Luke 19:14

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”

John 15:23

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.