Psalm 35:4–6
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35:4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!
May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!6
35:5May they be7 like wind-driven chaff,
as the Lord’s angel8 attacks them!9
35:6May their path be10 dark and slippery,
as the Lord’s angel chases them!
Footnotes
- 6 The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct jussive form in v. 6.
- 7 The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive. See v. 4.
- 8 See the mention of the Lord’s angel in Ps 34:7.
- 9 Heb “as the Lord’s angel pushes [them].”
- 10 The prefixed verbal form is distinctly jussive, indicating this is a prayer.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let them be put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be turned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plot my ruin
be turned back in dismay.
May they be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
may their path be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.
Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me;
turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm me.
Blow them away like chaff in the wind—
a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.
Make their path dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated.
Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of Yahweh driving them.
Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
Let them be as chaff before the wind:
And let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery:
And let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
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