Psalms 55:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.”

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BSBPD

“God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah The menwho have no changes, And who fear not God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 55:19 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  2. Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  3. Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
  4. Psalms 78:59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
  5. Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  6. Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
  7. Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  8. Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
  9. Isaiah 36:20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  10. Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  11. Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
  12. Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
  13. Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
  15. Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

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