Psalms 35:5
O Lord, your mercy is in the heaven; and your truth reaches to the clouds. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
In Context
4He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil. 1
Cross References
Job 21:18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
Isaiah 17:13many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.
Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all these bodies dead.
Hosea 13:3Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and as a vapor from tears.
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 →