Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Cross References
Job 21:18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Psalms 83:13O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
Isaiah 17:13Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away,—And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!
Isaiah 37:36Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote—in the camp of the Assyrians—a hundred and eighty-five thousand,—and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!
Hosea 13:3Therefore, shall they become like the morning cloud, and like the dew early departing,—like chaff storm-driven out of the threshing-floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.
Hebrews 11:28By faith, he hath kept the passover and the besmearing of the blood, lest, he that was destroying the first-born, should be touching 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 →