the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 35:4
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Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me; turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Make those who want to kill me be ashamed and disgraced. Make those who plan to harm me turn back and run away.
May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
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.
Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and be schent.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Let all who want to kill me be disappointed and disgraced. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me.
Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to confusion; may those who are plotting harm for me be repulsed and put to shame.
Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
Some people are trying to kill me. Disappoint them and make them ashamed. Make them turn and run away. They are planning to hurt me. Defeat and embarrass them.
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to confusion, that deuise my hurt.
Let the people be ashamed and without honor who want to take my life. Let those be turned away and brought to shame who plan to hurt me.
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me.
Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise evil against me.
May those who try to kill me be defeated and disgraced! May those who plot against me be turned back and confused!
Let them be ashamed and confounded, who are seeking my life, - Let them turn back and be put to the blush, who are devising my hurt:
(34-4) Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise evil against me.
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me!
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to cofusion, that imagine mischiefe for me.
Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
Let those who intend to take my lifebe disgraced and humiliated;let those who plan to harm mebe turned back and ashamed.
Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
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.
Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.
Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and disgraced; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, those who plot evil to me.
They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.
Let them be cofounded and put to shame, that seke after my soule: let the be turned back and brought to confucion, that ymagin myschefe for me.
When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall. Make them like cinders in a high wind, with God 's angel working the bellows. Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with God 's angel on their tails. Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me. Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.
Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life; Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt.
Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;Let those who devise evil against me be turned back and humiliated.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
confounded: Psalms 35:26, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 31:18, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 40:15, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 71:24
that: Psalms 38:12, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Kings 19:10, Ezekiel 13:19, Matthew 27:1
turned: Psalms 129:5, Isaiah 37:29, Jeremiah 46:5, John 18:6
Reciprocal: Psalms 17:9 - deadly enemies Psalms 35:8 - Let destruction Psalms 53:5 - thou hast Psalms 63:9 - seek Psalms 71:13 - Let them be Psalms 83:17 - General Psalms 143:3 - the enemy Jeremiah 17:18 - confounded Jeremiah 18:23 - forgive Lamentations 1:13 - he hath turned
Cross-References
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;
So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.
and the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.
Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived temporarily.
Then Moses took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it on the surface of the water and made the Israelites drink it.
"But this is how you shall deal with them: you shall tear down their altars and smash to pieces their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah), and burn their carved or sculpted images in the fire.
"You shall burn the carved and sculpted images of their gods in the fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, so that you will not be ensnared by it [in a deadly trap], for it is an abomination (repulsive) to the LORD your God.
All the men of Shechem and all of Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak (terebinth) of the pillar (memorial stone) at Shechem.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul,.... This petition, and what follows, which seem to be by way of imprecation, are to be considered as prophecies of what would be, and as expressions of faith that so it should be; and are not to be drawn into examples, and to be imitated by private persons; nor are they contrary to those evangelical rules, which require men to love their enemies, and pray for them; to give place to wrath, and not meditate vengeance, nor take it: and so it was with David's enemies. Saul, who hunted after his soul or life, to take it away, was filled with shame and confusion, when David, having cut off the skirt of his garment, held it up to him; by which he was convinced that his life was in his hands, and he did not take it away, though he was seeking after his: and so it will fare with the enemies of Christ, the Jews; who sought to take away his life and did take it away, when they shall see him come in the clouds of heaven, whom they have pierced; and in like manner will it be with the enemies of all his people, whom nothing will content but their lives, when they shall see the lambs they have worried and butchered on Christ's right hand, and they on the left; and to the sheep said, Come, ye blessed; and to them, Go, ye cursed,
Matthew 25:34;
let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt; as Saul did David's, even when he made the most specious show of affection and respect unto him, as well as when he more openly persecuted him; and more than once was he turned back with shame, and departed home; see 1 Samuel 24:22. The Jews, that came to apprehend Christ, together with the Roman soldiers, and who had devised and intended his hurt, went backward, and fell to the ground with shame and confusion, when, having asked them who they sought, and they had replied, told them he was the person; and how often has it been, that when wicked men have devised, deceitful matters against the members of Christ, that their counsel has been carried headlong, they have not been able to perform their enterprises; a hook has been put into their nose, and a bridle in their jaws, and they have been turned back the way they came, with shame and disgrace.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let them be confounded - That is, Let them, through Thy gracious interposition in my behalf, be so entirely overcome and subdued that they shall be “ashamed” that they ever made the effort to destroy me; let them see so manifestly that God is on my side that they will be covered with confusion for having opposed one who was so entirely the object of the divine protection and care. See Psalms 6:10, note; Psalms 25:2-3, notes. Compare the notes at Job 6:20.
That seek after my soul - My life. That seek to destroy me.
Let them be turned back - In their attempts to pursue me. Do thou interpose and turn them back.
And brought to confusion - Put to shame; or made ashamed - as they are who are disappointed and thwarted in their schemes.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 35:4. Let then be confounded — Let none of their projects or devices against me succeed. Blast all their designs.
The imprecations in these verses against enemies are all legitimate. They are not against the souls or eternal welfare of those sinners, but against their schemes and plans for destroying the life of an innocent man; and the holiest Christian may offer up such prayers against his adversaries. If a man aim a blow at another with a design to take away his life, and the blow would infallibly be mortal if it took place, and the person about to be slain see that by breaking the arm of his adversary he may prevent his own death, and thus save his enemy from actual murder; it is his duty to prevent this double evil by breaking the arm of the blood-thirsty man. It is on this principle that David prays against his adversaries in the first eight verses of this Psalm.
