Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
- KJV Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
- NKJV Do not forget the voice of Your enemies; The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
- NASB Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually.
- NLT Don’t overlook what your enemies have said or their growing uproar.
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Quick answer
Asaph closes by asking God not to forget the rising clamor of His adversaries.
Overview
The psalm ends with a final appeal for God to take note of the relentless, mounting hostility of His enemies. The unceasing tumult underscores the desperate situation, yet the prayer entrusts the matter to God. This confident handing over of the cause to the righteous Judge anticipates the final vindication God will bring through Christ.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Isa 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Rev 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
- Ps 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Ps 2:1–2Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Lam 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
- Ps 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- Jonah 1:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Ps 10:11–12He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
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