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Ps 89:23 Strong Concordance And I will beat down [03807] his foes [06862] before his face [06440], and plague [05062] them that hate [08130] him.
  King James And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them: showing that the power of doing this was not his own, but was the power of God exerted in his behalf.

And plague them that hate him - His enemies. I will bring "plagues" upon them: calamities, judgments, afflictions. The word is commonly used to denote those judgments which come directly from the hand of God - as famine, pestilence, wasting sickness, the plague, or the "plagues" of Egypt. Exo 12:13; Exo 30:12; Num 8:19; Num 17:11-12. These are all in the hand of God, and can be employed at his pleasure, as storms and tempests may be, in executing his purposes.
 
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11 And Moses [04872] did [06213] so: as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him, so did [06213] he.
12 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559], Behold, we die [01478], we perish [06], we all perish [06].
19 And I have given [05414] the Levites [03881] as a gift [05414] to Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and to make an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: that there be no plague [05063] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] come nigh [05066] unto the sanctuary [06944].
12 When thou takest [05375] the sum [07218] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [06485], then shall they give [05414] every man [0376] a ransom [03724] for his soul [05315] unto the LORD [03068], when thou numberest [06485] them; that there be no plague [05063] among them, when thou numberest [06485] them.
13 And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
16 And thine house [01004] and thy kingdom [04467] shall be established [0539] for [05704] ever [05769] before [06440] thee: thy throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] ever [05769].
30 If his children [01121] forsake [05800] my law [08451], and walk [03212] not in my judgments [04941];
21 That your days [03117] may be multiplied [07235], and the days [03117] of your children [01121], in the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto your fathers [01] to give [05414] them, as the days [03117] of heaven [08064] upon the earth [0776].
30 If his children [01121] forsake [05800] my law [08451], and walk [03212] not in my judgments [04941];
29 His seed [02233] also will I make [07760] to endure for ever [05703], and his throne [03678] as the days [03117] of heaven [08064].
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken [08085] diligently [08085] unto the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to observe [08104] and to do [06213] all his commandments [04687] which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will set [05414] thee on high [05945] above all nations [01471] of the earth [0776]:
6 I have said [0559], Ye are gods [0430]; and all of you are children [01121] of the most High [05945].
1 Again there was a day [03117] when the sons [01121] of God [0430] came [0935] to present [03320] themselves before the LORD [03068], and Satan [07854] came [0935] also among [08432] them to present [03320] himself before the LORD [03068].
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Satan [07854], From whence [0335] comest [0935] thou? And Satan [07854] answered [06030] the LORD [03068], and said [0559], From going to and fro [07751] in the earth [0776], and from walking up and down [01980] in it.
3 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Satan [07854], Hast thou [07760] considered [03820] my servant [05650] Job [0347], that there is none like him in the earth [0776], a perfect [08535] and an upright [03477] man [0376], one that feareth [03373] God [0430], and escheweth [05493] evil [07451]? and still he holdeth fast [02388] his integrity [08538], although thou movedst [05496] me against him, to destroy [01104] him without cause [02600].
4 And Satan [07854] answered [06030] the LORD [03068], and said [0559], Skin [05785] for skin [05785], yea, all that a man [0376] hath will he give [05414] for his life [05315].
5 But [0199] put forth [07971] thine hand [03027] now, and touch [05060] his bone [06106] and his flesh [01320], and he will curse [01288] thee to thy face [06440].
6 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Satan [07854], Behold, he is in thine hand [03027]; but save [08104] his life [05315].
7 So went [03318] Satan [07854] forth [03318] from the presence [06440] of the LORD [03068], and smote [05221] Job [0347] with sore [07451] boils [07822] from the sole [03709] of his foot [07272] unto his crown [06936].
8 And he took [03947] him a potsherd [02789] to scrape [01623] himself withal; and he sat down [03427] among [08432] the ashes [0665].
9 Then said [0559] his wife [0802] unto him, Dost thou still retain [02388] thine integrity [08538]? curse [01288] God [0430], and die [04191].
10 But he said [0559] unto her, Thou speakest [01696] as one [0259] of the foolish women [05036] speaketh [01696]. What [01571]? shall we receive [06901] good [02896] at the hand of God [0430], and shall we not receive [06901] evil [07451]? In all this did not Job [0347] sin [02398] with his lips [08193].
11 Now when Job's [0347] three [07969] friends [07453] heard [08085] of all this evil [07451] that was come [0935] upon him, they came [0935] every one [0376] from his own place [04725]; Eliphaz [0464] the Temanite [08489], and Bildad [01085] the Shuhite [07747], and Zophar [06691] the Naamathite [05284]: for they had made an appointment [03259] together [03162] to come [0935] to mourn [05110] with him and to comfort [05162] him.
12 And when they lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869] afar off [07350], and knew [05234] him not, they lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058]; and they rent [07167] every one [0376] his mantle [04598], and sprinkled [02236] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218] toward heaven [08064].
13 So they sat down [03427] with him upon the ground [0776] seven [07651] days [03117] and seven [07651] nights [03915], and none spake [01696] a word [01697] unto him: for they saw [07200] that his grief [03511] was very [03966] great [01431].
125 I am thy servant [05650]; give me understanding [0995], that I may know [03045] thy testimonies [05713].
63 I am a companion [02270] of all them that fear [03372] thee, and of them that keep [08104] thy precepts [06490].
14 But they shall fly [05774] upon the shoulders [03802] of the Philistines [06430] toward the west [03220]; they shall spoil [0962] them [01121] of the east [06924] together [03162]: they shall lay [04916] their hand [03027] upon Edom [0123] and Moab [04124]; and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] shall obey [04928] them.
8 He shall have dominion [07287] also from sea [03220] to sea [03220], and from the river [05104] unto the ends [0657] of the earth [0776].
26 And he reigned [04910] over all the kings [04428] from the river [05104] even unto the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430], and to the border [01366] of Egypt [04714].
18 In the same [01931] day [03117] the LORD [03068] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with Abram [087], saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] have I given [05414] this land [0776], from the river [05104] of Egypt [04714] unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]:
26 He shall cry [07121] unto me, Thou art my father [01], my God [0410], and the rock [06697] of my salvation [03444].