King James Version
Psalms 70:3 in the King James Version says “Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 70 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.”
Psalms 70:3 · KJV
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. to help: Heb. to my help
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them be turned back”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for a reward”
H6118a heel, i.e., (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e., compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or re
“of their shame”
H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
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