Psalm 55:19 “God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Sela…”

Psalm 55:19

God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

World English Bible

God, who is enthroned forever, will hear and answer them. Selah. They never change and don’t fear God.

American Standard Version

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.

Geneva Bible 1599

God shall heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, Selah. because they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.

Darby Translation

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ...because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

Young's Literal Translation

God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

Bible in Basic English

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

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Cross references

“hear”

Psalm 65:5 Psalm 143:12 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Revelation 6:10 Revelation 6:11

Psalm 65:5 · BSB

With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

Psalm 143:12 · BSB

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

1 Thessalonians 2:15 · BSB

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Revelation 6:10 · BSB

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Revelation 6:11 · BSB

Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

“even”

Deuteronomy 33:27 Micah 5:2 Colossians 1:17 Psalm 90:1 Psalm 90:2

Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Colossians 1:17 · BSB

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Psalm 90:1 · BSB

Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

Psalm 90:2 · BSB

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

“no changes”

Zephaniah 1:12 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Jeremiah 48:11 Proverbs 1:32 Isaiah 36:20 Psalm 73:5

Zephaniah 1:12 · BSB

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Ecclesiastes 8:11 · BSB

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

Jeremiah 48:11 · BSB

Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Proverbs 1:32 · BSB

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Isaiah 36:20 · BSB

Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

Psalm 73:5 · BSB

They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

Also

Psalm 78:59

Psalm 78:59 · BSB

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

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

In context

18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

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