King James Version
Psalms 105:15 in the King James Version says “Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”
Psalms 105:15 · KJV
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Saying Touch”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
“not mine anointed”
H4899anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the messiah
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“no harm”
H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
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