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Psalms 55:19
God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist declares God’s response to those who wage war against him, directly following his description of deliverance from a treacherous companion who violated his covenant.
The words — יִשְׁמַע (yish.ma') = he will hear and יֹשֵׁב (yo.shév) = sits, paired with קֶדֶם (ke.dem) = antiquity to describe the eternal One who remains fixed in his position.
The thread — The theme of God’s unchanging authority and delayed judgment connects to Deuteronomy 33:27, Zephaniah 1:12, and Ecclesiastes 8:11.
Why it lands — The text states that God hears and answers while the oppressor remains unrepentant and fearless, demanding the reader trust divine timing over immediate human vindication.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Zephaniah 1:12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Jeremiah 48:11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
- Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- Revelation 6:10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
- Psalms 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Psalms 73:5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- Psalms 78:59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.