Verse 5

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

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.