Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
In Context
6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Cross References
Job 21:18Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
Isaiah 17:13The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:
Isaiah 37:36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.
Hebrews 11:28By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of 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 →