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Psalms Chapter 139 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 139:19

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
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BBE Psalms 139:19

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.
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DARBY Psalms 139:19

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
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KJV Psalms 139:19

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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WBT Psalms 139:19

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WEB Psalms 139:19

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
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YLT Psalms 139:19

Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God; or, "Oh that thou wouldst slay the wicked!" (comp. Psalm 5:6, 10; Psalm 7:9-13; Psalm 9:19; Psalm 10:15; Psalm 21:8-12, etc.). Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men (comp. Psalm 119:115). There is no fellowship between light and darkness, between the wicked and the God-fearing.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) Slay the wicked.--This abrupt transition from a theme so profound and fascinating to fierce indignation against the enemies of God, would certainly be strange anywhere but in the Psalms. And yet, perhaps, philosophically regarded, the subject of God's omniscience must conduct the mind to the thought of the existence of evil, and speculation on its origin and development. But the Hebrew never speculated for speculation's sake. The practical concerns of life engaged him too intensely. Where a modern would have branched off into the ever-recurring problem of the entrance of evil into the world, the Israelite turned with indignation on those who then and there proved the existence of sin in concrete act.Surely . . . --Or, rather--"O that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked,And that ye bloody men would depart from me."We get the last clause, which is better than an abrupt change to the imprecations, by a slight change of reading.