Psalms 35:5
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
In Context
6Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
Cross References
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Psalms 83:13O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Isaiah 17:13Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.
Isaiah 37:36And a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred and eighty and five thousand; and [men] rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.
Hosea 13:3Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.
Hebrews 11:28by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born 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 →