All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
Parallel translations
- WEB May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
- KJV Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- NKJV Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.
- NASB All my enemies will be put to shame and greatly horrified; They shall turn back, they will suddenly be put to shame.
- NLT May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.
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Quick answer
David trusts that his enemies will be put to shame and quickly turned back. He leaves their judgment in God's hands.
Overview
The psalm ends with confidence that those who oppose the righteous will themselves be disgraced and routed. David does not avenge himself but entrusts the outcome to God's justice. This reflects the assurance that the Lord vindicates His people, ultimately through Christ, who triumphs over every enemy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 21
- Ps 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
- Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
- Mal 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Prov 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Ps 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
- Ps 83:16–17Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
- Ps 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- Ps 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
- Ps 109:28–29Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
- Ps 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Ps 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Ps 40:14–15May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Ps 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
- Ps 71:13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- Isa 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Ps 5:10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
- Job 6:29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
- Ps 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
- 1 Th 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Ps 2:5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
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