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.
KJV
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.
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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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 2:4He 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 21:22At 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 1:5Her 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 2:3He 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 4:12The 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.
Frequently asked questions
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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