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Psalm 7:4–5

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4if I have done harm to one at peace with mev

or have plunderedB my adversary without cause,w

5may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the groundx

and leave my honor in the dust.y

Selah

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Footnotes

  1. BOr me and have spared

Cross references

  1. vPs 55:20
  2. w1Sm 24:11; 26:18
  3. xAm 2:7
  4. yJb 31:5–40

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

if I have repaid my friend with evil

or plundered my enemy without cause,

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,

and let him trample my life to the ground

and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

if I have repaid my ally with evil

or without cause have robbed my foe—

then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;

let him trample my life to the ground

and make me sleep in the dust.

NLTNew Living Translation

if I have betrayed a friend

or plundered my enemy without cause,

then let my enemies capture me.

Let them trample me into the ground

and drag my honor in the dust.

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LEBThe Lexham English Bible

if I have repaid my ally with harm,

or if I have plundered my enemy without cause,

let the enemy of my soul pursue,

and overtake and trample my life into the ground,

and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;

(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;

Yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth,

And lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.