Psalms 70:2

70:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. to help: Heb. to my help

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

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

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

70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

What does Psalms 70:2 mean?

Psalms 70:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוּשׁ (bûwsh), חָפֵר (châphêr), בָּקַשׁ (bâqash).

Hebrew interlinear

Let

them

ashamedבּוּשׁbûwsh/boosh/H954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

and

confoundedחָפֵרchâphêr/khaw-fare'/H2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach

that

seekבָּקַשׁbâqash/baw-kash'/H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

after

soul:נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

let

them

turnedסוּגçûwg/soog/H5472properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)

backward,אָחוֹרʼâchôwr/aw-khore'/H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

and

put

confusion,כָּלַםkâlam/kaw-lawm'/H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

that

desireחָפֵץchâphêts/khaw-fates'/H2655pleased with

hurt.רַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Topics

Malice

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 70:2.

Psalms 40:14

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalms 35:4

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.

Exodus 4:19

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Ezra 9:6

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. trespass: or, guiltiness

Isaiah 42:17

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

Isaiah 54:4

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Jeremiah 38:22

And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace

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What does Psalms 70:2 say?

Psalms 70:2 (King James Version) reads: "Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt."

Is Psalms 70:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 70:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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