Psalm 7:5 “then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the…”

Psalm 7:5

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

World English Bible

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

American Standard Version

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

Then let the enemie persecute my soule and take it: yea, let him treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Darby Translation

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“Let”

Job 31:5–10 Job 31:38–40

Job 31:5–10 · BSB

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

Job 31:38–40 · BSB

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

“tread”

Malachi 4:3 Psalm 44:5 Psalm 60:12 Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 63:3 Zechariah 10:5

Malachi 4:3 · BSB

Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Psalm 44:5 · BSB

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

Psalm 60:12 · BSB

With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Isaiah 63:3 · BSB

“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

Zechariah 10:5 · BSB

They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

“lay”

Psalm 49:12 Jeremiah 17:13 Job 16:15 Job 40:13

Psalm 49:12 · BSB

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

Jeremiah 17:13 · BSB

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

Job 16:15 · BSB

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

Job 40:13 · BSB

Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.

“Selah”

Psalm 3:2 Habakkuk 3:13

Psalm 3:2 · BSB

Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

Habakkuk 3:13 · BSB

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah

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

In context

4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

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