Psalms 143:12

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“And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.”

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BSBPD

“And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I <FI>am<Fi> Thy servant!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 143:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:12May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
  3. 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  4. Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
  5. Psalms 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
  6. Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
  7. Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  8. Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
  9. Psalms 119:94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
  10. Psalms 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

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