Psalm 71:13
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New International Version (©2011)
May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers. Humiliate and shame those who want to harm me.

English Standard Version (©2001)
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed; may those who seek my harm be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed; let those who seek my destruction be covered with scorn and disgrace.

NET Bible (©2006)
May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Those who shut up my soul shall be ashamed and shall be put to shame. Let those who seek my affliction be clothed in shame.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Let those who accuse me come to a shameful end. Let those who want my downfall be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

American King James Version
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

American Standard Version
Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and shame that seek my hurt.

Darby Bible Translation
Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

English Revised Version
Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

World English Bible
Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

Young's Literal Translation
They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

71:1-13 David prays that he might never be made ashamed of dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace. The gracious care of Divine providence in our birth and infancy, should engage us to early piety. He that was our Help from our birth, ought to be our Hope from our youth. Let none expect ease or comfort from the world. Those who love the Lord, often are hated and persecuted; men wondered at for their principles and conduct; but the Lord has been their strong refuge. The faithful servants of God may be assured that he will not cast them off in old age, nor forsake them when their strength fails.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt (comp. Psalm 35:4; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 70:2).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them be confounded,.... See Psalm 70:2;

and consumed; like smoke; see Psalm 37:20; as antichrist will be with the breath of Christ's mouth, and the brightness of his coming, 2 Thessalonians 2:8;

that are adversaries to my soul; that hated him with a diabolical hatred, as the devil hates the souls of men, and who has his name "Satan" from the word here used; all wicked men are Satans, full of enmity against God, and all good men; and such were David's enemies, spiteful and malicious, and nothing would satisfy them but his life;

let them be covered with reproach and dishonour; as with a garment:

that seek my hurt; see Psalm 35:26; as Absalom and his company; so Arama.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. (Compare Ps 35:4; 40:14).

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In You, O Lord, I Take Refuge
…12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. 14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more. …

Esther 9:2 The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them, because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them.
Psalm 6:10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
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 71:24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
Psalm 89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
Psalm 109:29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
Psalm 129:5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.