King James Version
Psalms 35:4 in the King James Version says “Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that d...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.”
Psalms 35:4 · KJV
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. dark: Heb. darkness and slipperiness
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them be confounded”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“and put to shame”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
“that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“after my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“let them be turned”
H5472properly, to flinch, i.e., (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
“back”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
“and brought to confusion”
H2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
“that devise”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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