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Psalm 71:13 KJV
Psalms · chapter 71 · verse 13
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.Psalm 71:13 · King James Version
Psalm 71:13 in context
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- adversariessâṭanto attack, accuseH7853 →
- confoundedbûwshproperly, to paleH954 →
- dishonourkᵉlimmâhdisgraceH3639 →
- consumedkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- reproachcherpâhcontumely, disgrace, the pudendaH2781 →
- coveredʻâṭâhto wrapH5844 →
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Two things in general David here prays for - that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded. I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in his believing expectations from him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13