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Psalms 70:2

Psalms 70:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 70, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

King James Version

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

World English Bible

Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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Psalms 70:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

2 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

3 May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

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Hebrew words

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּmay they be ashamed וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮and they may be abashed מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י[those who] seek נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י<of> life my יִסֹּ֣גוּmay they be turned back אָ֭חוֹרbackwards וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּand may they be humiliated חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י[the] [people] desirous of רָעָתִֽיharm my

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 6:10
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

Psalms 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalms 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalms 71:13
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Psalms 109:29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Isaiah 41:11
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

Isaiah 28:13
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

John 18:6
When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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