King James Version
Psalms 71:13 in the King James Version says “Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour tha...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 71 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.”
Psalms 71:13 · KJV
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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 consumed”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“to 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
“that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
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