Psalms 7:5

Psalms 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
• English Standard Version (ESV)let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

Context of Psalms 7:5

3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands; 4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it ; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honour in the dust. Selah. 6Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 7So shall the congregation of the people surround thee: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Psalms 7:5 word by word

יִֽרַדֹּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֨ב׀ נַפְשִׁ֡י וְיַשֵּׂ֗ג וְיִרְמֹ֣ס לָאָ֣רֶץ חַיָּ֑י וּכְבוֹדִ֓י׀ לֶעָפָ֖ר יַשְׁכֵּ֣ן סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• persecuteרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• takeנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
• downרָמַסrâmas · to trampleH7429
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• layשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 7:5

• Job 31:5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
• Psalms 44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us.
• Psalms 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he will tread down our enemies.
• Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I command him, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isaiah 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
• Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mightymen, who tread downtheir enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Psalms 49:12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
• Job 16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my strength in the dust.
• Job 40:13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
• Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
• Psalms 3:2Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
• Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thy anointed; thou didst wound the head out of the house of the wicked, by laying bare the foundation to the neck. Selah.

Commentaries on Psalms 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let the enemy persecute my soul - If I have been guilty of the things laid to my charge, let the worst evils fall upon me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Let the enemy persecute my soul - Persecute my “life,” for so the word rendered “soul,” נפשׁ nephesh is evidently used here. He was willing, if he had been guilty of the thing charged upon him, that the enemy here referred to should “pursue” or persecute him until he should destroy his life. Compare with this the expression of Paul in Acts 25:11. The meaning here is simply that if he were a guilty man, in the manner charged on him, he would be willing to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5trample: Compare Psalm 44:5; 60:12; 91:13; 108:13. to the ground … in the dust: Disgrace and shame can lead to death and the grave (Psalm 143:3; see 13:3–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. This is the consequence, if such has been his conduct. mine honour--(compare Psa 3:3; 4:2)--my personal and official dignity.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 7:5

• Evil for Good
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Commentaries on Psalms 7

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary