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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surely thou wilt slay
qatal (Hebrew #6991)
properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death
KJV usage: kill, slay.
Pronounce: kaw-tal'
Origin: a primitive root
the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, O God
'elowahh (Hebrew #433)
a deity or the Deity
KJV usage: God, god. See 430.
Pronounce: el-o'-ah;
Origin: probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410
: depart
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
from me therefore, ye bloody
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
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Surely.
Psa. 5:6• 6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit. (Psa. 5:6)
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Psa. 9:17• 17The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:17)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 64:7• 7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded; (Psa. 64:7)
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Psa. 94:23• 23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. (Psa. 94:23)
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Isa. 11:4• 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
depart from.
Psa. 6:8• 8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping. (Psa. 6:8)
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Psa. 119:115• 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:115)
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Matt. 7:23• 23and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness. (Matt. 7:23)
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Matt. 25:41• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matt. 25:41)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
• Thus if God knows all our thoughts, and long before His are precious to us, to such the putting down of evil is the sure expectation, yea the call for judgment on the haters of the Lord, whom we therefore abhor. Christians do not desire their ruin as souls, nor does God; but looked at as wicked, as haters of the Lord, one does desire their removal by judgment. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 19-24). Conscious that God is with him, the godly man realizes that he cannot associate with the wicked, who will be dealt with in judgment as those that speak against God. (“Psalms 139” by H. Smith)
• As a result of the searching the wicked (“rebels” Ezk. 20:38) are purged out from among them and regarded as enemies of the Lord (vs. 19-22). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.