Psalms 27:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
צַר
opponents/ my
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צַר
Trouble, distress, enemy. Tsar. One who oppresses or a tight place of difficulty. God is a very present help in trouble. No tsar is too great for Him to deliver you from.
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נָתַן
you give/ me
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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עֵד
witnesses of
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עֵד
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
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חָמָס
violence
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חָמָס
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
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שֶׁקֶר
falsehood
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שֶׁקֶר
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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