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May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.
Psalms 6:10 · New Living Translation
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  • 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.
  • BSB All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
  • 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.

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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 those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.
  • Jer 20:11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
  • Mal 3:18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
  • Prov 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
  • Ps 7:6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
  • Ps 83:16–17Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
  • Ps 71:24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
  • Ps 112:10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
  • Ps 109:28–29They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
  • Ps 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
  • Ps 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
  • 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 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
  • Ps 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
  • Isa 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
  • Ps 5:10Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.
  • Job 6:29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
  • Ps 21:8–9Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
  • 1 Th 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • Ps 2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 6:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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