Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind; and may the angel of the Lord cast them forth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
In Context
6May their way be dark and slippery: and may the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Cross References
Job 21:18Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Psalms 83:13(83:14) O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind.
Isaiah 17:13The nations will make a noise like the roaring of many waters; but He will rebuke it, and it shall flee afar off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and as thistle-down before the tempest.
Isaiah 37:36Then went out an angel of the Lord, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty and five thousand men; and when people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Hosea 13:3Therefore shall they be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, as the chaff that is driven by the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as smoke out of a window.
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 →