"I hate them with perfect hatred" (139:22). What do 139:19-22 say, and to whom?

First, what the verses say. After "When I wake up, I am still with you" (139:18), the psalm turns: "If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!" (139:19). The first half is spoken to God; the second to the men. The psalm gives its reason in terms of God: "For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain" (139:20) (tap enemies). The psalmist names those he hates by how they stand toward the LORD: "LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?" (139:21). Then, "I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies" (139:22) (tap perfect). In Hebrew the verb hate comes three times in these two verses, with the noun hatred beside it. The psalm names none of them, and these notes apply its words to no one today. The next words are a prayer about the psalmist himself: "Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me" (139:23-24). The psalm doesn't say how 139:19-22 and 139:23-24 bear on each other, and these notes don't either. Psalm 139 is not the only psalm that prays against the wicked, and Christians read these prayers in more than one way. The chapter on Psalm 109 sets out the main readings, each resting on its verses, and chooses none. These notes don't choose either.