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Psalms 89:42

89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

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You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.

89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

What does Psalms 89:42 mean?

Psalms 89:42 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּם (rûwm), יָמִין (yâmîyn), צַר (tsar).

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Thou
hast
set
upרוּםrûwm/room/H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
the
right
handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
of
his
adversaries;צַרtsar/tsar/H6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
thou
hast
made
all
his
enemiesאֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
to
rejoice.שָׂמַחsâmach/saw-makh'/H8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:42.

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Lamentations 2:4

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. all: Heb. all the desirable of the eye

Ezekiel 21:22

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. captains: or, battering rams: Heb. rams

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Lamentations 2:3

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Lamentations 4:12

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

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What does Psalms 89:42 say?

Psalms 89:42 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice."

Is Psalms 89:42 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:42 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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