Verse

Psalm 25:19

ESV Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
NIV See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!
NASB Look at my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred.
CSB Consider my enemies; they are numerous, and they hate me violently.
NLT See how many enemies I have and how viciously they hate me!
KJV Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

What does Psalm 25:19 mean?

David feared for his life because his enemies were numerous. The specific occasion is not revealed, but we may be certain it posed a formidable threat. David felt so fiercely hated that he described the hatred as "violent." This word implies injustice and cruelty. David had done nothing to merit such aggressive treatment. As his enemies increased, David became increasingly alarmed, but he turned the situation over to the Lord.

In Exodus 14 we read that the Lord delivered His people from an impossible situation. The Egyptian army prepared to pounce on the fleeing Hebrews, but the Lord came to the defense of His people. We read in verse 24, "And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, clogging their chariot wheels." Later in the chapter we learn that the Lord drowned all the Egyptians in the sea but gave the Hebrews dry passage through the sea. The Lord was also able to deliver David from his enemies.
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