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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will beat down
kathath (Hebrew #3807)
to bruise or violently strike
KJV usage: beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp.
Pronounce: kaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
his foes
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
before his face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, and plague
nagaph (Hebrew #5062)
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
KJV usage: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, X surely, put to the worse.
Pronounce: naw-gaf'
Origin: a primitive root
them that hate
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
him.

Cross References

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I will.
2 Sam. 3:1• 1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. (2 Sam. 3:1)
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2 Sam. 7:1,9• 1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
 9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. (2 Sam. 7:1,9)
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2 Sam. 22:40‑44• 40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
 41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
 42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
 43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
 44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. (2 Sam. 22:40‑44)
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Psa. 2:1‑6• 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
 5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
 6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psa. 2:1‑6)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 109:3‑31• 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
 4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
 6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
 7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
 8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
 9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
 10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
 11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
 12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
 15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
 16Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
 17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
 18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
 19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
 20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
 21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
 22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
 23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
 24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
 25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
 26Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
 27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
 28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
 30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
 31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. (Psa. 109:3‑31)
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Psa. 110:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Psa. 110:1)
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Psa. 132:18• 18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. (Psa. 132:18)
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Luke 19:14,27• 14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
 27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. (Luke 19:14,27)
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John 15:23• 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also. (John 15:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.