Psalms 139:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֽוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶשְׂנָ֑א וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃

Transliteration

Do-not-məśanʾêkā YHWH ʾeśnāʾ; and-bitqômməmêkā ʾetqôṭāṭ

Grammar Details

*məśanʾêkā*: Piel participle masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - those hating you
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾeśnāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I hate
*bitqômməmêkā*: preposition + Hithpoel participle masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with those rising against you
*ʾetqôṭāṭ*: verb, Hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I contend/loathe

Word Meanings

*məśanʾêkā*: those hating you/your haters/your enemies
*ʾeśnāʾ*: hate/detest/abhor
*bitqômməmêkā*: those rising against you/your opponents/your rebels
*ʾetqôṭāṭ*: contend/loathe/feel disgust/quarrel

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:158 : 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
Ps 31:6 : 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Ps 26:5 : 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Rev 2:2 : 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Rev 2:6 : 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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