Psalms 89:42

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“You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.”

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BSBPD

“You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 89:42 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
  2. Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  4. Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
  5. Psalms 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
  6. Psalms 80:6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
  7. Psalms 80:13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
  8. Lamentations 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
  9. John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
  10. Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

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