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Psalms 35:5
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [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
3And draw out the spear, and stop [the way] against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt: Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away; 6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:5 word by word
יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ יְהוָ֣ה דּוֹחֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 35:5
- Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
- Job 21:18Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
- Isaiah 17:13The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:
- Isaiah 29:5And the multitude of thine enemies shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; and it shall be in an instant, suddenly.
- Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.
- Exodus 14:19And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.
- Isaiah 37:36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
- Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
- Hebrews 11:28By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
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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