Psalm 35:26

Translations

Modern

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Traditional

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Literal

Let them be put to shame and brought to confusion together, those being glad at my distress; may they be clothed with shame and dishonor, those magnifying themselves over me!

Latin

Erubescant et revereantur simul qui gratulantur malis meis; induantur confusione et reverentia qui magna loquuntur super me.

Original

Hebrew

English

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Notes

Psalms 35:26–28

The psalmist calls on the Lord to judge the wicked and to rescue the godly and bring them joy.

Psalms 35:1–28

In this lament, the Lord's troubled servant asks God to notice his situation and defend him.

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Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
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I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
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Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
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Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
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For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
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“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
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