Psalms 7:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:15 : 15 Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.
  • Job 31:5-9 : 5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit, 6 He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity. 7 If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish, 8 Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out. 9 If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait, 10 Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
  • Job 31:38-40 : 38 If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep, 39 If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out, 40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
  • Job 40:12-13 : 12 See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
  • Ps 3:2 : 2 Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.
  • Ps 44:5 : 5 By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
  • Ps 49:12 : 12 And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.
  • Isa 63:3 : 3 -- `A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 The hope of Israel `is' Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And `My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.
  • Hab 3:13 : 13 Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. Pause!
  • Zech 10:5 : 5 And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah `is' with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.
  • Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

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    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

    4And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.

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    6Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

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    7As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

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    5Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

    6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

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    4If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

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    4Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

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    10For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

    11Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

  • Ps 71:13
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    13They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered `with' reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

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    2Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow inn my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

  • Ps 35:3-4
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    3And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, `Thy salvation I `am'.'

    4They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 35:24
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    24Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

  • Ps 41:5
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    5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

  • Ps 109:20
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    20This `is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 70:2
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    2Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

  • Ps 7:1-2
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    1`The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

    2Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

  • Mic 7:10
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    10And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, `Where `is' Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.

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    5The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

  • Ps 27:2
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    2When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

  • Ps 35:6-8
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    6Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

    7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

    8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

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    22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

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    13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

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    18Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.

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    24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

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    6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

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    2Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many `are' fighting against me, O most High,

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    9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

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    21They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done `it', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

    22Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

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    2Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

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    11My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

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    2For thou `art' the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

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    19Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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    13Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

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    10Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed `in' a moment!

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    14O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

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    5Or -- he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.

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    10Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,