Psalms 139:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Psalms 139:20 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Jude 1:15
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Psalms 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 73:8-9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. …
Psalms 74:22-23
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Blasphemy Cursing Depravity of Man God Guidance Guilt

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-24)

Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God’s omniscience, divers ways. I. He acknowledges, with wonder and thankfulness, the care God had taken of him all his days, Ps. 139:17, 18. God, who knew him, thought of him, and his thoughts towards him were thoughts of love, thought of good, and not of evil, Jer. 29:11. God’s omniscience, which might justly have watched over us to do us hu…