Psalms 27 · Verse 12

Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalms 27:12, King James Version

Psalms 27:12 in other translations

BSBDo not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
WEBDon’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
ASVDeliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
YLTGive me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
DARBYDeliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
BBEDo not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
WebsterDeliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

What does Psalms 27:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. will--literally, "soul," "desire" (Psa 35:25). enemies--literally, "oppressors." Falsehood aids cruelty against him. breathe out--as being filled with it (Ac 9:1).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies - To their soul בנפש benephesh; their whole soul thirsts for my destruction. Let them not be gratified. They have suborned witnesses against me, but they are false witnesses: unmask their wickedness, and confound their counsels.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 27:7-14

Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When we are foolishly making court to lying vanities, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in him. The call is general, "Seek ye my face;" but we must apply it to ourselves, "I will seek it." The word does us…

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Psalms 27:12 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
תִּ֭תְּנֵנִיTi.te.ne.niyou give meH5414
בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshin [the] desire ofH5315
צָרָ֑יtza.Raiopponents myH6862
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
קָֽמוּ\־ka.mu-they have arisenH6965
בִ֥יvion <the> me
עֵֽדֵי\־'e.dei-witnesses ofH5707
שֶׁ֝֗קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267
וִיפֵ֥חַvi.Fe.achand a witness ofH3307
חָמָֽס\׃cha.MasviolenceH2555

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

Cross references for Psalms 27:12

  • Matthew 26:59-60

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Psalms 35:11

    False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

  • Psalms 41:11

    By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

  • Psalms 35:25

    Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Acts 6:11-13

    Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  • Exodus 20:16

    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Acts 9:1

    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

  • Psalms 140:8

    Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Psalms 41:2

    The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • 1 Samuel 22:9-10

    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will.
31:8; 35:25; 38:16; 41:11; 140:8
false.
35:11; Ex 20:16; 1Sa 22:9,10; 26:19; 2Sa 16:7,8; Mt 26:59,60
Ac 6:11-13
breathe.
25:19; Ac 9:1; 26:11

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Context

  • Psalms 27:11

    Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

  • Psalms 27:12

    Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Psalms 27:13

    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

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Psalms 27:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No me entregues á la voluntad de mis enemigos; porque se han levantado contra mí testigos falsos, y los que respiran crueldad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne me livre pas au désir de mes adversaires; car de faux témoins se sont élevés contre moi, et des gens qui respirent la violence.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gib mich nicht preis der Gier meiner Bedränger! denn falsche Zeugen sind wider mich aufgestanden und der da Gewalttat schnaubt.