Psalms 145 · Verse 20

Psalms 145:20

The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalms 145:20, King James Version

Psalms 145:20 in other translations

BSBThe LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
WEBThe LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
ASVJehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
YLTJehovah preserveth all those loving Him, And all the wicked He destroyeth.
DARBYJehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy.
BBEThe Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
WebsterThe LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

What does Psalms 145:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. Those who fear Him (Psa 145:19) are those who are here said to love Him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 The Lord preserveth - He is the keeper of all them that love him. But all the wicked will he destroy - They call not upon him; they fight against him, and he will confound and destroy them. There is something curious in the שומר shomer, the keeper or guardian of the pious; he is שמיד shamid, the destroyer of the wicked. The first word implies he is continually keeping them; the second, that he causes the others to be destroyed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 145:10-21

All God's works show forth his praises. He satisfies the desire of every living thing, except the unreasonable children of men, who are satisfied with nothing. He does good to all the children of men; his own people in a special manner. Many children of God, who have been ready to fall into sin, to fall into despair, have tasted his goodness in preventing their falls, or recovering them speedily by his graces and…

Read the full comment on Psalms 145:10-21 →

Psalms 145:20 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.

שׁוֹמֵ֣רsho.Mer[is] protectingH8104
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֹהֲבָ֑יו'o.ha.Vav[those who] love himH157
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָרְשָׁעִ֣יםha.re.sha.'Imthe wicked [people]H7563
יַשְׁמִֽיד\׃yash.Midhe will destroyH8045

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

Cross references for Psalms 145:20

  • Exodus 20:6

    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

  • John 10:27-29

    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

  • Romans 8:28-30

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  • Psalms 97:10

    Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Psalms 31:23

    O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

  • Psalms 9:5

    Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Psalms 1:6

    For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • James 2:5

    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

  • 1 Peter 1:5-8

    Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Psalms 37:28

    For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
preserveth.
31:23; 37:28; 97:10; Ex 20:6; Joh 10:27-29; Ro 8:28-30; Jas 2:5
1Pe 1:5-8
all the wicked.
1:6; 9:17; Mt 25:41

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Context

  • Psalms 145:19

    He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  • Psalms 145:20

    The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

  • Psalms 145:21

    My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

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Psalms 145:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová guarda á todos los que le aman; empero destruirá á todos los impíos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel garde tous ceux qui l’aiment, et il extermine tous les méchants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova bewahrt alle, die ihn lieben, und alle Gesetzlosen vertilgt er.