Psalm 35:4 Parallel Translations

Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

BBE:

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

DBY:

Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:

ERV:

Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

JPS:

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be abashed that devise my hurt.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

YLT:

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

Psalm 35:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 40:14 Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.

Psalm 70:2 Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.

Psalm 129:5 May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

35:1-10 It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour temptation, all beseech the Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate their cause. We are apt to justify uneasiness at the injuries men do us, by our never having given them cause to use us so ill; but this should make us easy, for then we may the more expect that God will plead our cause. David prayed to God to manifest himself in his trial. Let me have inward comfort under all outward troubles, to support my soul. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. By the Spirit of prophecy, David foretells the just judgments of God that would come upon his enemies for their great wickedness. These are predictions, they look forward, and show the doom of the enemies of Christ and his kingdom. We must not desire or pray for the ruin of any enemies, except our lusts and the evil spirits that would compass our destruction. A traveller benighted in a bad road, is an expressive emblem of a sinner walking in the slippery and dangerous ways of temptation. But David having committed his cause to God, did not doubt of his own deliverance. The bones are the strongest parts of the body. The psalmist here proposes to serve and glorify God with all his strength. If such language may be applied to outward salvation, how much more will it apply to heavenly things in Christ Jesus!

CONC:

Abashed Ashamed Attempts Backward Blush Confounded Confusion Damage Devise Devising Disappointed Disgraced Dishonor Dishonored Dismay Evil Foolish Humiliated Hurt Overcome Plot Ruin Seek Seeking Shame Soul

Abashed Ashamed Attempts Confounded Confusion Damage Devise Devising Disappointed Disgraced Dishonor Dishonored Dismay Evil Foolish Humiliated Hurt Life Overcome Plot Ruin Seek Seeking Shame Soul Turned

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