Psalm 70:2
New International Version
May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

New Living Translation
May those who try to kill me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace.

English Standard Version
Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!

Berean Standard Bible
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

King James Bible
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

New King James Version
Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and confused Who desire my hurt.

New American Standard Bible
May those who seek my life Be put to shame and humiliated; May those who delight in my harm Be turned back and dishonored.

NASB 1995
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.

NASB 1977
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.

Amplified Bible
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let them be turned back and humiliated Who delight in my hurt.

Christian Standard Bible
Let those who seek to kill me be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be turned back and humiliated.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let those who seek my life be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those who seek my soul shall be ashamed and put to shame and they who seek my harm shall turn their behind and shall be put to shame.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.

Contemporary English Version
Disappoint and confuse all who want to kill me. Turn away and disgrace all who want to hurt me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:

English Revised Version
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour that delight in my hurt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.

Good News Translation
May those who try to kill me be defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.

International Standard Version
May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let them be ashamed and abashed That seek after my soul; Let them be turned backward and brought to confusion That delight in my hurt.

Literal Standard Version
Let them be ashamed and confounded | Who are seeking my soul, | Let them be turned backward and blush | Who are desiring my evil.

Majority Standard Bible
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

New American Bible
Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who desire my ruin turn back in disgrace.

NET Bible
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!

New Revised Standard Version
Let those be put to shame and confusion who seek my life. Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire to hurt me.

New Heart English Bible
Let them be put to shame and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

World English Bible
Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

Young's Literal Translation
Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me
1For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me! 2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. 3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.…

Cross References
Psalm 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalm 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalm 40:14
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalm 54:3
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life--men with no regard for God. Selah

Psalm 83:17
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

Ezekiel 25:3
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you exclaimed, "Aha!" when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,


Treasury of Scripture

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Let

Psalm 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Psalm 35:4,26
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt…

Psalm 71:13
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

my soul.

be turned

Isaiah 28:13
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

John 18:6
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

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Psalm 70
1. David solicits God to the speedy destruction of the wicked,
4. and preservation of the godly














(2) There are two omissions here from Psalm 40:14, "together" and "to destroy it."

Verse 2. - Let them be ashamed and confounded. Psalm 40:14 adds, "together." That seek after my soul. Psalm 40 adds, "to destroy it." Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Identical with Psalm 40:14, and translated more literally.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May those who seek
מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י (mə·ḇaq·šê)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

my life
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

be ashamed
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ (yê·ḇō·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

and confounded;
וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮ (wə·yaḥ·pə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2659: To blush, to be ashamed, disappointed, to shame, reproach

may those who wish
חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י (ḥă·p̄ê·ṣê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2655: Delighting in, having pleasure in

me harm
רָעָתִֽי׃ (rā·‘ā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

be repelled
יִסֹּ֣גוּ (yis·sō·ḡū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5472: To move away, backslide

and humiliated.
וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ (wə·yik·kā·lə·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult


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