Psalms 89:23

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Psalms 89:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Samuel 3:1

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

2 Samuel 7:1

After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

2 Samuel 22:40

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

2 Samuel 22:41

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

2 Samuel 22:42

They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

2 Samuel 22:43

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

2 Samuel 22:44

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Psalms 2:1

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalms 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Psalms 2:3

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

Psalms 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Psalms 2:5

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Psalms 2:6

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Psalms 21:8

Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

Psalms 21:9

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Psalms 109:3

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

Psalms 109:4

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalms 109:5

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalms 109:6

Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Psalms 109:7

When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

Psalms 109:8

May his days be few; may another take his position.

Psalms 109:9

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Psalms 109:10

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Psalms 109:11

May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

Psalms 109:12

May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

Psalms 109:13

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Psalms 109:14

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

Psalms 109:15

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Psalms 109:16

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalms 109:17

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalms 109:18

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Psalms 109:19

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Psalms 109:20

May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

Psalms 109:21

But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

Psalms 109:22

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalms 109:23

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

Psalms 109:24

My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

Psalms 109:25

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Psalms 109:26

Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

Psalms 109:27

Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

Psalms 109:28

Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Psalms 109:29

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Psalms 109:30

With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

Psalms 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Psalms 110:1

The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Psalms 132:18

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

Luke 19:14

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

John 15:23

Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.