Psalms 7:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:15 : 15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
  • Job 31:5-9 : 5 If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit– 6 let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity. 7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, 8 then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted. 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, 10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.
  • Job 31:38-40 : 38 Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, 40 then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.
  • Job 40:12-13 : 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! 13 Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.
  • Ps 3:2 : 2 Many say about me,“God will not deliver him.”(Selah)
  • Ps 44:5 : 5 By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!
  • Ps 49:12 : 12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 By God’s power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
  • Isa 63:3 : 3 “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the netherworld. For they have rejected you, the LORD, the fountain of life.
  • Hab 3:13 : 13 You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah.
  • Zech 10:5 : 5 And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the LORD will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.
  • Mal 4:3 : 3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    6Stand up angrily, LORD! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

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

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    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

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

    11They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

  • Ps 71:13
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    13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

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    2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

  • Ps 35:3-4
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    3Use your spear and lance against those who chase me! Assure me with these words:“I am your deliverer!”

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

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    5My enemies ask this cruel question about me,‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

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

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

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    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!

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    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

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    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

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    1A musical composition by David, which he sang to the LORD concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

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  • Ps 40:14
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    14May 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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    10When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me,“Where is the LORD your God?” I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets.

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    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

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    6May their path be dark and slippery, as the LORD’s angel chases them!

    7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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    18Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

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    2Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

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    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

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    2Many say about me,“God will not deliver him.”(Selah)

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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

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

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    10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!