Psalms 89:23
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 89 connects to 10 cross-references. A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite — the longest psalm in Book III — begins with extensive praise of God's covenant with David: his throne will endure as the sun. But the second half is a devastating lament that God …
Other Translations
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
Cross References
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and …
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round …
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and …
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the …
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up …