Psalms 70:2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Psalms 70:2 in other translations
| BSB | May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. |
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| WEB | Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. |
| ASV | Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. |
| YLT | Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil. |
| DARBY | Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; |
| BBE | Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish. |
| Webster | Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. |
What does Psalms 70:2 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Psalms 70:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 70:2
- Psalms 35:4
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- John 18:6
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Psalms 71:13
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Psalms 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- Isaiah 28:13
But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
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Context
- Psalms 70:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
- Psalms 70:2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Psalms 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalms 70:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sean avergonzados y confusos los que buscan mi vida; sean vueltos atrás y avergonzados los que mi mal desean. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Hâte-toi, ô Dieu, de me délivrer! hâte-toi, ô Éternel, de me secourir! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Laß beschämt und mit Scham bedeckt werden, die nach meinem Leben trachten! Laß zurückweichen und zu Schanden werden, die Gefallen haben an meinem Unglück! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In justitia tua libera me, et eripe me: inclina ad me aurem tuam, et salva me. |