Psalm 27:12 “Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise u…”

Psalm 27:12

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

World English Bible

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

American Standard Version

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

Geneva Bible 1599

Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.

Darby Translation

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

Young's Literal Translation

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

Bible in Basic English

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

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Cross references

“will”

Psalm 31:8 Psalm 41:11 Psalm 35:25 Psalm 140:8 Psalm 38:16

Psalm 31:8 · BSB

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

Psalm 41:11 · BSB

By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

Psalm 35:25 · BSB

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Psalm 140:8 · BSB

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Psalm 38:16 · BSB

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

“false”

Psalm 35:11 Acts 6:11–13 Exodus 20:16 1 Samuel 26:19 1 Samuel 22:9 1 Samuel 22:10

Psalm 35:11 · BSB

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Acts 6:11–13 · BSB

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Exodus 20:16 · BSB

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For toda…

1 Samuel 22:9 · BSB

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 22:10 · BSB

Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

“breathe”

Acts 9:1 Acts 26:11 Psalm 25:19

Acts 9:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Acts 26:11 · BSB

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

Psalm 25:19 · BSB

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

Also

Psalm 41:2

Psalm 41:2 · BSB

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

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