They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.Psalm 35:4 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleLet then be confounded - Let none of their projects or devices against me succeed. Blast all their designs.
The imprecations in these verses against enemies are all legitimate. They are not against the souls or eternal welfare of those sinners, but against their schemes and plans for destroying the life of an innocent man; and the holiest Christian may offer up such prayers against his adversaries. If a man aim a blow at another with a design to take away his life, and the blow would infallibly be mortal if it took place, and the person about to be slain see that by breaking the arm of his adversary he may prevent his own death, and thus save his enemy from actual murder; it is his duty to prevent this double evil by breaking the arm of the blood-thirsty man. It is on this principle that David prays against his adversaries in the first eight verses of this Psalm.
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confounded
Psalm 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt...
Psalm 31:17,18 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave...
Psalm 40:14,15 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it...
Psalm 70:2,3 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt...
Psalm 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame...
that
Psalm 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things...
1 Samuel 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come you again to me with the certainty...
1 Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant...
Ezekiel 13:19 And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die...
Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
turned
Psalm 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Isaiah 37:29 Because your rage against me, and your tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose...
Jeremiah 46:5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back...
John 18:6 As soon then as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
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