Psalms 35 · Verse 26

Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 35:26, King James Version

Psalms 35:26 in other translations

BSBMay those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
WEBLet them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
ASVLet them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
YLTThey are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
DARBYLet them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
BBELet all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
WebsterLet them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

What does Psalms 35:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. clothed--covered wholly (Job 8:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Let them be ashamed - This may be a prophetic declaration against Saul and his courtiers. They were ashamed, confounded, clothed with shame, and dishonored. All these took place in Saul's last battle with the Philistines, where he lost his crown and his life, and came to a most dishonorable end.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:17-28

Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring…

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Psalms 35:26 in the original Hebrew

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יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּye.Vo.shumay they be ashamedH954
וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ\׀ve.yach.pe.Ruand they may be abashedH2659
יַחְדָּו֮yach.DavaltogetherH3162
שְׂמֵחֵ֪יse.me.Chei[the] [people] joyful ofH8056
רָעָ֫תִ֥יra.'A.Tidistress myH7451
יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ\־yil.be.shu-may they be clothedH3847
בֹ֥שֶׁתVo.shetshameH1322
וּכְלִמָּ֑הu.khe.li.Mahand ignominyH3639
הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥יםha.mag.di.Limwho magnify themselvesH1431
עָלָֽי\׃'a.Laion meH5921

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Cross references for Psalms 35:26

  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Job 8:22

    They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

  • Psalms 132:18

    His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

  • Job 19:5

    If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • Isaiah 41:11

    Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

  • Psalms 129:5

    Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

  • Isaiah 65:13-15

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

  • Daniel 11:36

    And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • Psalms 40:14-15

    Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

  • Psalms 55:12

    For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • Jeremiah 48:26

    Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ashamed.
4; 40:14,15; 71:13; 129:5; 132:18; Isa 41:11; 65:13-15
clothed.
109:28,29; 132:18; Job 8:22; 1Pe 5:5
magnify.
38:16; 55:12; Job 19:5; Jer 48:26; Da 11:36

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Context

  • Psalms 35:25

    Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Psalms 35:26

    Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

  • Psalms 35:27

    Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

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Psalms 35:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Avergüéncense, y sean confundidos á una los que de mi mal se alegran: vístanse de vergüenza y de confusión los que se engrandecen contra mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que ceux qui se réjouissent de mon malheur soient tous ensemble honteux et confus; que ceux qui s’élèvent orgueilleusement contre moi soient couverts de honte et de confusion.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Laß sie beschämt und mit Scham bedeckt werden allesamt, die meines Unglücks sich freuen! laß mit Scham und Schande bekleidet werden, die wider mich großtun!