Psalms 35:4
May they be confounded and put to shame, who seek my life; May they be turned back with disgrace, who devise my hurt!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Draw forth the spear and the axe against my persecutors; Say to me, “I am thy salvation.”
5May they be like dust before the wind; May the angel of the LORD drive them!
Cross References
Psalms 31:17Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave!
Psalms 38:12While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.
Psalms 70:2May they all be confounded, and covered with shame, Who seek to take my life! May they be driven back with disgrace Who desire to do me injury!
Psalms 83:18That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
Isaiah 37:29Because thy rage against me, and thy insolence, is come up into my ears, I will put my ring into thy nose, And my bridle into thy lips, And turn thee back by the way in which thou camest.
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 →