Psalms 35:4

“Let them be ashamed and humiliated, those who seek my soul; let them turn back and be abashed, those who plot my harm.”

Psalms 35:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

4

Psalms 35:4, word by word

Let them be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be ashamed

To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.

Where else “yevoshu” appears
and humiliatedיִכָּלְמוּyikalmu

be ashamed, humiliate

Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.

Where else “yikalmu” appears
those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

Where else “mevakshe” appears
my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi

life

Life, when it is at stake.

Where else “nafshi” appears
let them turn backיִסֹּגוּyisogu

turn back, draw back

To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.

Where else “yisogu” appears
let them turn backאָחוֹרachor

behind

The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.

Where else “achor” appears
and be abashedיַחְפְּרוּyachpru

be ashamed, be disappointed

To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.

Where else “yachpru” appears
those who plotחֹשְׁבֵיchoshve

devise

To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.

Where else “choshve” appears
my harmרָעָתִraati

harm

Something that hurts, a disaster.

Where else “raati” appears

The context

3And draw out the spear and close the way to meet those who pursue me; say to my soul, “Your salvation am I.”

4 · This verse (above)

5Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH pushing them away.

Read all of Psalms 35

How to use it