Psalm 35:4

Translations

Modern

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Traditional

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Literal

Let them be shamed and dishonored, those seeking my soul; let them be turned back and confounded, those planning evil for me!

Latin

Confundantur et revereantur quærentes animam meam; avertantur retrorsum et confundantur cogitantes mihi mala.

Original

Hebrew

English

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Notes

Psalms 35:4–10

The psalmist desires the Lord's salvation. The language may seem harsh, but it comes from a wish for justice and for the Lord to help the needy and oppressed.

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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My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
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1 Kings 19:10
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Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

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Enemy: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer: Imprecatory

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