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Psalms 139:19

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

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…תִּקְטֹ֖לtiqtolkillקָטַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “kill”, an unfinished actionH6991properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to deathkill, slay.אֱל֥וֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).רָשָׁ֑עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.וְאַנְשֵׁ֥יveansheand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…דָ֝מִ֗יםdamimblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.ס֣וּרוּsurvturnסוּרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מֶֽנִּיmenifrom fromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

Darby Translation

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν ἀποκτείνῃς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὁ Θεός· ἄνδρες αἱμάτων ἐκκλίνατε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ,