Psalms 25:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי

Transliteration

rĕʾēh-ʾôyĕḇay kî-rābbû wĕśinʾaṯ ḥāmās śĕnēʾûnî

Grammar Details

• *rĕʾēh*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'see/look'
• *ʾôyĕḇay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my enemies'
• *kî-rābbû*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'for they are many'
• *wĕśinʾaṯ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - 'and hatred of'
• *ḥāmās*: noun, masculine singular - 'violence'
• *śĕnēʾûnî*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'they hate me'

Word Meanings

• *ʾôyĕḇay*: my enemies/my adversaries/my foes
• *rābbû*: they are many/they are numerous/they have increased
• *śinʾaṯ*: hatred/enmity/animosity
• *ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/cruelty
• *śĕnēʾûnî*: they hate me/they are hostile to me/they detest me

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 16:11 : 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.
• 2 Sam 17:2-4 : 2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, {H3027} and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; 3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
• Ps 3:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
• Ps 11:5 : 5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Ps 18:48 : 48 He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
• Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
• Ps 38:19 : 19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Ps 56:2 : 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
• Ps 138:7 : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.
• Ps 140:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
• Ps 140:4 : 4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
• Luke 22:2 : 2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
• Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
• Luke 23:21-23 : 21 but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him. 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him. 23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.