King James Version
Psalms 7:5 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Psalms 7:5 · KJV
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
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.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“persecute”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“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
“it yea let him tread down”
H7429to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
“my life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“mine honour”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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