Psalms 35:5
Let them become as dust before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Cross References
Job 21:18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
Psalms 83:13who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
Isaiah 17:13Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.
Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.
Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as a morning aloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the dust that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Hebrews 11:28By faith he celebrated the pasch, and the shedding of the blood; 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 →