Psalms 105 · Verse 15

Psalms 105:15

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Psalms 105:15, King James Version

Psalms 105:15 in other translations

BSB“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
WEB“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
ASVSaying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
YLT‘Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'
DARBYSaying, Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
BBESaying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
WebsterSaying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

What does Psalms 105:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 105:12-15

12-15. few ... in number--alluding to Jacob's words (Ge 34:30), "I being few in number." yea, very few--literally, "as a few," that is, like fewness itself (compare Is 1:9). strangers--sojourners in the land of their future inheritance, as in a strange country (He 11:9).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Touch not mine anointed - It is supposed that the patriarchs are here intended; but the whole people of Israel may be meant. They were a kingdom of priests and kings unto God; and prophets, priests, and kings were always anointed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:8-23

Let us remember the Redeemer's marvellous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few number, strangers and pilgrims upon earth, yet a far better inheritance than Canaan is made sure to them by the covenant of God; and if we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, none can do us any harm. Afflictions are among our mercies. They prove our faith and love, they humble our pride…

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Psalms 105:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַֽל\־'al-may notH408
תִּגְּע֥וּti.ge.'Uyou touchH5060
בִמְשִׁיחָ֑יvim.shi.Chai<in> anointed [ones] myH4899
וְ֝לִנְבִיאַיVe.lin.vi.'aiand to prophets myH5030
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תָּרֵֽעוּ\׃ta.Re.'uyou do harmH7489

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 105:15

  • Zechariah 2:8

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

  • Genesis 26:11

    And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Genesis 20:7

    Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

  • 1 John 2:27

    But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

  • Genesis 49:8-33

    Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: …

  • Genesis 48:19-20

    And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

  • Genesis 27:39-40

    And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Touch.
Ge 26:11; Zec 2:8
mine.
1Ki 19:16; 1Jo 2:27
and do.
Ge 20:7; 27:39,40; 48:19,20; 49:8-33

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Context

  • Psalms 105:14

    He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

  • Psalms 105:15

    Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

  • Psalms 105:16

    Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

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Psalms 105:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No toquéis, dijo, á mis ungidos, ni hagáis mal á mis profetas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Disant: Ne touchez pas à mes oints, et ne faites pas de mal à mes prophètes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
"Tastet meine Gesalbten nicht an, und meinen Propheten tut nichts Übles!"
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dedit eis petitionem ipsorum, et misit saturitatem in animas eorum.