Psalms 143:12

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

In your grace, cut off my enemies; destroy all those harassing me; because I am your servant.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And of thy mercy{H2617} cut off{H6789} mine enemies{H341}, and destroy{H6} all them that afflict{H6887} my soul{H5315}: for I am thy servant{H5650}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 54:5

  • He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Psalms 116:16

  • O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psalms 119:94

  • ¶ I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

1 Samuel 26:10

  • David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

1 Samuel 25:29

  • Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling.

1 Samuel 24:12

  • The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Samuel 24:15

  • The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

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Commentary for Psalms 143:12

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2617
    There are 241 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֵסֵד
    Transliteration: chêçêd
    Pronunciation: kheh'-sed
    Description: from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
  2. Strong's Number: H6789
    There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָמַת
    Transliteration: tsâmath
    Pronunciation: tsaw-math'
    Description: a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively); consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
  3. Strong's Number: H341
    There are 481 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֹיֵב
    Transliteration: ʼôyêb
    Pronunciation: o-yabe'
    Description: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
  4. Strong's Number: H6
    There are 14291 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָבַד
    Transliteration: ʼâbad
    Pronunciation: aw-bad'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
  5. Strong's Number: H6887
    There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָרַר
    Transliteration: tsârar
    Pronunciation: tsaw-rar'
    Description: a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
  6. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  7. Strong's Number: H5650
    There are 714 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֶבֶד
    Transliteration: ʻebed
    Pronunciation: eh'-bed
    Description: from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.