KJV King James Version
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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Psalm 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
WEB World English Bible
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
ASV American Standard Version
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 7
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.
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יִֽרַדֹּ֥ףH7291 · ra.daphto pursueאוֹיֵ֨ב׀H341 · o.yevenemyנַפְשִׁ֡יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוְיַשֵּׂ֗גH5381 · na.sagto overtakeוְיִרְמֹ֣סH7429 · ra.masto trampleלָאָ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetחַיָּ֑יH2416 · chayaliveוּכְבוֹדִ֓י׀H3519 · ka.vodgloryלֶעָפָ֖רH6083 · a.phardustיַשְׁכֵּ֣ןH7931 · sha.khanto dwellסֶֽלָה׃H5542 · se.lahSelah
Cross-references
Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts.Psalm 44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.Psalm 49:12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.Psalm 3:2Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.Job 40:12-13Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.Job 16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.Psalm 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.Isaiah 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty [men], which tread down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.Job 31:38-40If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;Job 31:5-10If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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