May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
- KJV 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.
- BSB May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- NKJV Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt themselves against me.
- NASB May those be ashamed and altogether humiliated who rejoice at my distress; May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
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Quick answer
David asks that those who rejoice at his calamity be put to shame and clothed in dishonor. He commits judgment of arrogant foes to God.
Overview
David prays that the malicious who 'magnify themselves' over him be themselves humiliated, leaving vengeance to the Lord rather than taking it himself (Romans 12:19). Such imprecatory prayers express zeal for God's justice against unrepentant evil. They are answered finally in the righteous judgment of God, while the gospel still holds out mercy to enemies who repent and trust Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 8:22Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more.”
- Ps 38:16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
- Job 19:5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
- Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
- Isa 41:11Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
- Isa 65:13–15Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
- Jer 48:26“Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Ps 40:14–15Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
- Ps 129:5Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
- Ps 35:4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
- Ps 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
- Ps 55:12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
- Dan 11:36The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Ps 109:28–29They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
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