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Psalms 35:4
Psalms 35:4 is verse 4 of Psalms chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
King 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.
World English Bible
Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
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Psalms 35:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Psalms 31:17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Psalms 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
1 Samuel 23:23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Psalms 129:5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
John 18:6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.