Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 35:5
5Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
Psalms 35:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
- New International Version (NIV)May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Context of Psalms 35:5
3Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me, “I am your deliverance.” 4Let those who intend to take my life be disgraced and humiliated; let those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed. Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away. 6Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them. 7They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:5 word by word
יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ יְהוָ֣ה דּוֹחֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 35:5
- Psalms 1:4The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
- Psalms 83:13Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.
- Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff a storm sweeps away?
- Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
- Isaiah 29:5Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
- Hosea 13:3Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.
- Exodus 14:19Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.
- Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Acts 12:23At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Hebrews 11:28By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.
Commentaries on Psalms 35:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let the angel of the Lord chase them - By angel we may either understand one of those spirits, whether good or bad, commonly thus denominated, or any thing used by God himself as the instrument of their confusion.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Let them be as chaff before the wind - As chaff is driven away in winnowing grain. See the notes at Psalm 1:4. And let the angel of the Lord chase them - Drive them away, or scatter them. Angels are often represented in the Scriptures as agents employed by God in bringing punishment on wicked people. See 2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37:36; 1 Chronicles 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:30; 2 Samuel 24:16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-10The psalmist desires the Lord's salvation. The language may seem harsh, but it comes from a wish for justice and for the Lord to help the needy and oppressed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. (Compare Psa 1:4)--a terrible fate; driven by wind on a slippery path in darkness, and hotly pursued by supernatural violence (2Sa 24:16; Ac 12:23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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