Psalm 35:4 “May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those wh…”

Psalm 35:4

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.

Darby Translation

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:

Young's Literal Translation

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“confounded”

Psalm 35:26 Psalm 71:24 Psalm 31:17 Psalm 31:18 Psalm 40:14 Psalm 40:15

Psalm 35:26 · 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.

Psalm 71:24 · BSB

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Psalm 31:17 · BSB

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

Psalm 31:18 · BSB

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalm 40:14 · BSB

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalm 40:15 · BSB

May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

“that”

Psalm 38:12 1 Samuel 23:23 1 Kings 19:10 Ezekiel 13:19 Matthew 27:1

Psalm 38:12 · BSB

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

1 Samuel 23:23 · BSB

Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”

1 Kings 19:10 · BSB

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are…

Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Matthew 27:1 · BSB

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

“turned”

Jeremiah 46:5 Psalm 129:5 John 18:6 Isaiah 37:29

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Psalm 129:5 · BSB

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

John 18:6 · BSB

When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

Isaiah 37:29 · BSB

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

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