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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• 1There 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 Jehovah 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• 40And thou girdedst me with strength to battle:{HR}Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.{HR}
 41And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me,{HR}And those that hated me I destroyed.{HR}
 42They looked, and there was none to save—{HR}Unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.{HR}
 43And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth,{HR}I trod them as the mire of the streets;{HR}I stamped upon them.
 44And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,{HR}Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations:{HR}A people I knew not doth serve me:{HR} (2 Sam. 22:40‑44)
plague.
Psa. 2:1‑6• 1Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
 3"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
 4He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them.
 5Then he speaketh unto them in his anger,{HR}And in his wrath he confoundeth them:
 6"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness." (Psa. 2:1‑6)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies,{HR}Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou wilt make them as a furnace of fire at the time of thy presence;{HR}Jehovah in his anger will consume them, and fire shall devour them. (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 109:3‑31• 3And [with] words of hatred they have surrounded me{HR}And have fought against me without cause.
 4For my love they are mine adversaries,{HR}And I [am for] prayer.
 5And they set upon me evil for good,{HR}And hatred for my love.
 6Appoint over him a wicked one,{HR}And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
 7When he is judged, let him go out guilty,{HR}And his prayer be for sin.
 8Let his days be few, let another take his office.
 9Let his sons be orphans and his wife a widow.
 10And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations.
 11Let an exactor ensnare all that he hath,{HR}And strangers plunder his labour.
 12Let there be none extending mercy to him,{HR}Nor anyone gracious to his orphans.
 13Let his posterity (latter end) be cut off;{HR}In a generation following let their name be blotted out.
 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out.
 15Let them be before Jehovah continually,{HR}And let him cut off from the earth their memory,
 16Because he remembered not to show mercy,{HR}But (and) pursued the poor and needy man,{HR}And one broken in heart, to slay [him].
 17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
 18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones.
 19Let it be to him as raiment he weareth,{HR}And for a belt let him continually be girded.
 20This [is] the wages of mine adversaries from Jehovah,{HR}And of their speaking evil against my soul.
 21But thou, Jehovah Lord, do with me for thy name's sake;{HR}Because thy mercy [is] good, deliver me.
 22For as to me I [am] poor and needy,{HR}And my heart wounded within me.
 23Like a shadow at its stretching out I am gone;{HR}I am tossed like the locust.
 24My knees totter from fasting,{HR}And my flesh faileth from fatness (oil).
 25And I have become a reproach to them;{HR}They see me, they shake their head.
 26Help me, Jehovah my God;{HR}Save me according to thy mercy.
 27They shall know that this [is] thy hand;{HR}Thou, O Jehovah, hast done it.
 28Let them curse, and bless thou:{HR}They have risen up and shall be ashamed,{HR}And thy servant be glad.
 29Mine adversaries shall be clothed with dishonour,{HR}They shall cover themselves with their shame as the mantle.
 30I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth;{HR}Yea, I will praise in the midst of many.
 31For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:3‑31)
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Psa. 110:1• 1A psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand{HR}Until I make thine enemies a stool for thy feet. (Psa. 110:1)
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Psa. 132:18• 18His enemies will I clothe with shame;{HR}And on him 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 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 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And I will beat down his adversaries before him,{HR}And will smite his haters.