May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
- KJV Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- NKJV Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and confused Who desire my hurt.
- NASB May those who seek my life Be put to shame and humiliated; May those who delight in my harm Be turned back and dishonored.
- NLT May those who try to kill me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace.
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Quick answer
David prays that those seeking his life be shamed and turned back. It asks God to thwart and disgrace his enemies' evil intent.
Overview
David asks that those who seek his ruin be confounded and driven back in disgrace. He entrusts his vindication to God rather than retaliating himself. This appeal for God to defeat the schemes of the wicked reflects trust that the Lord will defend his servant, ultimately vindicated in Christ's triumph over all his enemies.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- 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.
- Isa 41:11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Ps 71:13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- Ps 109:29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
- John 18:6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
- Ps 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
- Isa 28:13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
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