Psalms 7:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah”
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“then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 7:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- 1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
- 1 Samuel 24:20Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
- Job 16:15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
- Job 31:5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
- Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
- Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Psalms 3:2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
- Psalms 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Habakkuk 3:13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle,trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.They will fight because the LORD is with them,and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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