Psalms 139:20

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18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would ^aslay the wicked, O God!
^bDepart from me, therefore, you¹ bloodthirsty men.

20 For they ^aspeak against You wickedly;
¹Your enemies take Your name in vain.

21 ^aDo I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22 I hate them with¹ perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Psalms 139:20

Thine enemies take thy name in vain - Bishop Horsley translates the whole verse thus: -

"They have deserted me who are disobedient to thee;

"They who are sworn to a rash purpose - thy refractory adversaries."

The original is obscure: but I cannot see these things in it. Some translate the Hebrew thus: "Those who oppose thee iniquitously seize unjustly upon thy cities;" and so almost all the Versions. The words, thus translated, may apply to Sanballat, Tobiah, and the other enemies of the returned Jews, who endeavored to drive them from the land, that they might possess the cities of Judea.

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