King James Version

Psalms 31:6

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 31:7.

שָׂנֵ֗אתִיsanetihateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥יםhashomerimthe bewardשָׁמַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).הַבְלֵיhavlevanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “vanity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.שָׁ֑וְאshavefalseשָׁוְאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “false”, the ordinary formH7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.וַ֝אֲנִ֗יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).יְהוָ֥הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בָּטָֽחְתִּיbatachetibe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be bold”, a completed actionH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(31-7) I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

World English Bible

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.

Darby Translation

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(31-7) I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐμίσησας τοὺς διαφυλάσσοντας ματαιότητας διακενῆς· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἤλπισα.