King James Version

Psalms 89:23

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:24.

וְכַתּוֹתִ֣יvekhatotiand beatכָּתַתconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and beat”, a completed actionH3807to bruise or violently strikebeat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. lמִפָּנָ֣יוmipanayvfrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…צָרָ֑יוtsarayvnarrowצַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “narrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יוumesanayvand hateשָׂנֵאconjunction, verb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.אֶגּֽוֹףegofbeatנָגַףverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “beat”, an unfinished actionH5062to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

World English Bible

I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

Darby Translation

But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συγκόψω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας αὐτὸν τροπώσομαι.