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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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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Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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Let them be ashamed and abashed that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt.
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Passages linked to Psalms 70:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 35:4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
- Psalms 35:26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
- Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
- Psalms 71:13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
- Psalms 109:29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
- John 18:6 When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Psalms 6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
- Isaiah 28:13 Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He was assured that the more they raged, the…
He was assured that the more they raged, the nearer they were to destruction, and he the nearer to his deliverance.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that…
Psa 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.
Ver. 2. Let them be ashamed] See Psa 40:14; Psa 35:26-27.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psa 40:14…
Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psa 40:14 it is added, "together"; See Gill on Psa 40:14;
that seek after my soul; or "life"; in Psa 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the end of their seeking after it;
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let them be turned backward, &c. See Gill on Psa 40:14.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Let them be turned backward] They are…
Verse 2. Let them be turned backward] They are coming in a body against me. Lord, stop their progress!
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after…
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul - The only change here from Psa 40:14, is the omission of the word “together” which occurs there, and the omission of the words “to destroy it.”
Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt - This corresponds in the Hebrew entirely with Psa 40:14.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. That seek after my soul— “To destroy it,”…
2. That seek after my soul— “To destroy it,” omitted.
Turned backward—As a military phrase the words denote a complete repulse and overthrow of the enemy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. The whole verse is a repetition, with variations,…
2. The whole verse is a repetition, with variations, of Psa_35:4; Psa_35:26 (cp. Psa_38:12); and Psa_35:3-5 recall Psa_35:21; Psa_35:25; Psa_35:27; Psa_35:10, of the same Psalm.
that seek after my soul] Or, that seek my life. The text of Psa_40:13 is fuller, ‘Let them be … confounded together … my life to destroy it.’
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let them be turned backward &c.] Render with R.V.,
Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour
That delight In my hurt.
With the last line contrast Psa_35:27.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) There are two omissions here from Psa_40:14, “together”…
(2) There are two omissions here from Psa_40:14, “together” and “to destroy it.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Let them be ashamed and confounded. Psa_40:14 adds, "together."…
Let them be ashamed and confounded. Psa_40:14 adds, "together." That seek after my soul. Ps 40 adds, "to destroy it." Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Identical with Psa_40:14, and translated more literally.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 2. Here the words, "together, "and, "to destroy…
Ver. 2. Here the words, "together, "and, "to destroy it, "which occur in Psalm 40, are omitted: a man in haste uses no more words than are actually necessary. His enemies desired to put his faith to shame, and he eagerly entreats that they may be disappointed, and themselves covered with confusion. It shall certainly be so; if not sooner, yet at that dread day when the wicked shall awake to shame and everlasting contempt.
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt: turned back and driven back are merely the variations of the translators. When men labour to turn others back from the right road, it is God's retaliation to drive them back from the point they are aiming at.
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Ver. 2. Let them be confounded; viz., among themselves, and in their own understandings: and put to shame; viz., in the sight and presence of men before whom they think to attain great glory, in banding themselves against me. Thomas Wilcocks.
Ver. 2.
I. There are those who seek our soul's hurt.
II. We must oppose them, not dally or yield.
III. Our best weapon is prayer to God.
IV. Their defeat is here described.
Psalms 70:3*
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