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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• 1And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker. (2 Sam. 3:1)
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2 Sam. 7:1,9• 1And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies,
 9and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth. (2 Sam. 7:1,9)
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2 Sam. 22:40‑44• 40And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
 41And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.
 42They looked, and there was none to save--Unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
 43And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.
 44And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations: A people I knew not doth serve me: (2 Sam. 22:40‑44)
plague.
Psa. 2:1‑6• 1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
 3Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
 4He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
 5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them:
 6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. (Psa. 2:1‑6)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 109:3‑31• 3And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
 4For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer.
 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
 6Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;
 7When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;
 8Let his days be few, let another take his office;
 9Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;
 10Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places;
 11Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;
 12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;
 13Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:
 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;
 15Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:
 16Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
 17And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
 18And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;
 19Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.
 20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
 21But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:
 22For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
 23I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
 24My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
 25And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.
 26Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:
 27That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.
 28Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.
 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
 30I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
 31For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:3‑31)
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Psa. 110:1• 1Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet. (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 an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.
 27Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me. (Luke 19:14,27)
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John 15:23• 23He that hates me hates also my Father. (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.