Psalm 70:2
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New International Version (©2011)
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 (©2007)
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 (©2001)
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!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Let those who seek my life be disgraced and confounded; let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated.

International Standard Version (©2012)
May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.

NET Bible (©2006)
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!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

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

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.

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

Darby Bible Translation
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

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.

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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

70:1-5 The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly. - This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of #Ps 40". While here we behold Jesus Christ set forth in poverty and distress, we also see him denouncing just and fearful punishment on his Jewish, heathen, and antichristian enemies; and pleading for the joy and happiness of his friends, to his Father's honour. Let us apply these things to our own troubled circumstances, and in a believing manner bring them, and the sinful causes thereof, to our remembrance. Urgent trials should always awake fervent prayers.

Pulpit Commentary

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psalm 40:14 it is added, "together"; See Gill on Psalm 40:14;

that seek after my soul; or "life"; in Psalm 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the end of their seeking after it;

let them be turned backward, &c. See Gill on Psalm 40:14.

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Come Quickly to Help Me, O Lord
1MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. 2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. …

Psalm 35:4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.
Psalm 35:26 May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
Psalm 40:14 May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
Psalm 54:3 Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me-- people without regard for God.
Psalm 83:17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.
Ezekiel 25:3 Say to them, 'Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you said "Aha!" over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,