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Psalms 139:19

139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

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If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.

139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

What does Psalms 139:19 mean?

Psalms 139:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָטַל (qâṭal), רָשָׁע (râshâʻ), אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh).

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Surely
thou
wilt
slayקָטַלqâṭal/kaw-tal'/H6991properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death
the
wicked,רָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
O
God:אֱלוֹהַּʼĕlôwahh/el-o'-ah/H433a deity or the Deity
departסוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
from
me
therefore,
ye
bloodyדָּםdâm/dawm/H1818blood (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)
men.אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh/en-oshe'/H582a man in general (singly or collectively)

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 139:19.

Numbers 16:26

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

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What does Psalms 139:19 say?

Psalms 139:19 (King James Version) reads: "Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men."

Is Psalms 139:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 139:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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