God’s Word Translation
Psalms 35:26
26Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace.
Psalms 35:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- New International Version (NIV)May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt themselves against me.
Context of Psalms 35:26
24Judge me by your righteousness, O Lord my God. Do not let them gloat over me 25or think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up.” Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace. 27Let those who are happy when I am declared innocent joyfully sing and rejoice. Let them continually say, “The Lord is great. He is happy when his servant has peace.” 28Then my tongue will tell about your righteousness, about your praise all day long.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:26 word by word
יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ יַחְדָּו֮ שְׂמֵחֵ֪י רָעָ֫תִ֥י יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֥שֶׁת וּכְלִמָּ֑ה הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥ים עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Let them be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- and brought to confusionחָפֵרchâphêr · be ashamedH2659
- togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
- that rejoiceשָׂמֵחַώâmêach · gladH8056
- at mine hurtרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
- let them be clothedלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
- with shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
- and dishonourכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
- that magnifyגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
Cross-references for Psalms 35:26
- Psalms 35:4Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.
- Psalms 40:14Let all those who seek to end my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.
- Psalms 71:13Let those who accuse me come to a shameful end. Let those who want my downfall be covered with disgrace and humiliation.
- Psalms 129:5Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.
- Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.”
- Isaiah 41:11“Everyone who is angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be reduced to nothing and disappear.
- Isaiah 65:13This is what the Lord God says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will be glad, but you will be ashamed.
- Psalms 109:28They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let me rejoice.
- Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist.”
- 1 Peter 5:5Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble.
- Psalms 38:16I said, “Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense.”
- Psalms 55:12If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.
- Job 19:5If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me,
- Jeremiah 48:26“Get the people of Moab drunk; they have spoken against the Lord. They will wallow in their own vomit, and people will laugh at them.
- Daniel 11:36“The king will do as he pleases. He will highly honor himself above every god. He will say amazing things against the God of gods. He will succeed until God’s anger is over, because what has been decided must be done.
Commentaries on Psalms 35:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Let them be ashamed - This may be a prophetic declaration against Saul and his courtiers. They were ashamed, confounded, clothed with shame, and dishonored. All these took place in Saul's last battle with the Philistines, where he lost his crown and his life, and came to a most dishonorable end.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Let them be ashamed - See the notes at Psalm 35:4. That magnify themselves against me - Who seek to exalt themselves over me; to make themselves great by humbling and destroying me. They hope to rise on my ruin.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-28Verses 17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-28The psalmist calls on the Lord to judge the wicked and to rescue the godly and bring them joy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. clothed--covered wholly (Job 8:22).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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