Psalms 35:5
He has been considering iniquity on his bed. He has set himself on every way that is not good; moreover, he has not hated evil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
In Context
6Lord, your mercy is in heaven, and your truth is even to the clouds.
Cross References
Job 21:18They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
Psalms 83:13He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you.
Isaiah 17:13The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest.
Isaiah 37:36Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all these were dead bodies.
Hosea 13:3For this reason, they will be like the morning clouds, and like the morning dew that passes away, just like the dust that is driven by a whirlwind away from the threshing floor, and like the smoke from a chimney.
Hebrews 11:28By faith, he celebrated the Passover and the shedding of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:2-11
Prayer for Divine Protection. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 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. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase… Read the whole commentary →