Psalms 40:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:4 : 4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
  • Ps 35:26 : 26 May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
  • Ps 71:13 : 13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.
  • Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
  • Matt 21:38-41 : 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’ 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”
  • John 18:6 : 6 So when Jesus said to them,“I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.
  • Acts 9:4-6 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting! 6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 12:23-24 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died. 24 But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.
  • Ps 70:2-3 : 2 May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! 3 May those who say,“Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced!
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.
  • Ps 31:17-18 : 17 O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave! 18 May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

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  • Ps 70:1-3
    3 verses
    94%

    1For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

    2May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

    3May those who say,“Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced!

  • Ps 35:4
    91%

    4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 35:24-26
    3 verses
    87%

    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

    26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

  • Ps 71:13
    86%

    13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

  • Jer 17:18
    84%

    18May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

  • Ps 40:15
    82%

    15May those who say to me,“Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.

    17May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

  • Ps 109:20
    79%

    20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

    28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

    29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

  • Ps 6:10
    79%

    10They will be humiliated and absolutely terrified! All my enemies will turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

  • Ps 129:5
    79%

    5May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

  • Ps 40:13
    78%

    13Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

  • Ps 25:20
    77%

    20Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

  • Ps 31:17
    76%

    17O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

  • Ps 119:78
    76%

    78May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts.

  • Jer 20:11
    76%

    11But the LORD is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

  • Ps 69:6
    76%

    6Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Ps 71:10
    76%

    10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

  • Ps 56:6
    75%

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 25:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!

    3Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

  • Ps 13:4
    75%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Job 16:10
    75%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Job 8:22
    74%

    22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 35:19
    74%

    19Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • Ps 7:5
    74%

    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

  • Ps 44:15
    74%

    15All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

  • Isa 45:16
    74%

    16They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

  • Jer 18:23
    74%

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 38:20
    74%

    20They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

  • Ps 57:6
    74%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Ps 71:24
    73%

    24All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

  • Ps 41:7
    73%

    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

  • Ps 69:22
    73%

    22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Ps 119:80
    73%

    80May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.

  • Ps 63:9
    73%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Jer 18:20
    73%

    20Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

  • Job 27:7
    73%

    7The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.