Psalms 35:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֢י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֣וֹר וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ חֹ֝שְׁבֵ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

Yēbōšû wə-yikkālmû məbaqšêy napšî; yissōgû ʾāḥôr wə-yaḥpərû ḥōšəbêy rāʿātî.

Grammar Details

*Yēbōšû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be ashamed
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yikkālmû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be disgraced
*məbaqšêy*: participle, masculine plural construct - seekers of
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life
*yissōgû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them turn back
*ʾāḥôr*: adverb - backward
*yaḥpərû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be put to shame
*ḥōšəbêy*: participle, masculine plural construct - those who devise
*rāʿātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my harm

Word Meanings

*Yēbōšû*: be ashamed/put to shame/be disappointed
*yikkālmû*: be disgraced/humiliated/confounded
*məbaqšêy*: seekers/those who seek
*napšî*: soul/life/self/person
*yissōgû*: turn back/retreat/be driven backwards
*yaḥpərû*: be put to shame/confounded/embarrassed
*ḥōšəbêy*: those who devise/plan/think
*rāʿātî*: harm/evil/injury/misfortune

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 129:5 : 5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Jer 46:5 : 5 Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 13:19 : 19 And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.
Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
John 18:6 : 6 When therefore he said unto them, I am [he], they went {G1519} backward, and fell to the ground.
1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Ps 31:17-18 : 17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. 18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let 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.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 70:2-3 : 2 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. 3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 70:2-3
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2Let 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.
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Ps 40:14-15
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14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
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Ps 71:13
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13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Ps 35:24-26
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24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let 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.
Jer 17:18
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18Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Ps 35:3
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3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Ps 83:16-17
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16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
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20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 129:5
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5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
Ps 38:12
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12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 7:5
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5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
Ps 56:6
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6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Ps 109:28-29
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28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
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Ps 35:5-8
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76%
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Ps 6:10
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Ps 25:19-20
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19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
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Ps 35:12
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Ps 71:10
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Ps 57:6
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Jer 20:11
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Ps 71:24
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24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
Ps 41:7
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7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
Ps 69:6
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Jer 18:22-23
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22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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Ps 35:19
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19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 35:15
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Ps 17:13
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13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Ps 86:14
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Ps 119:78
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Ps 31:17
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17Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Ps 44:15
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15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
Ps 38:20
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Job 16:10
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Jer 18:20
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20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.