Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat. Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
- KJV Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- BSB Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- NKJV Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
- NASB Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.
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Quick answer
David prays that his treacherous enemies, who hate him without cause, would not gloat over him.
Overview
David asks God not to let his wrongful enemies triumph or exchange malicious glances at his expense. The phrase 'hate me without a cause' is applied by Jesus to himself (John 15:25). David's experience of causeless hatred thus prefigures the rejection of Christ.
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- Ps 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
- John 15:25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
- Prov 6:13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;
- Ps 38:19But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
- Ps 13:4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
- Prov 10:10One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
- Ps 38:16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
- John 16:20–22Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- Ps 109:3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
- Job 15:12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
- Lam 3:52They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
- Ps 119:161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
- Ps 35:15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
- Rev 11:7–10When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
- 1 Sam 24:11–12Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
- Ps 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
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