35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!
May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! 1
40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life
be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 2
May those who want to harm me
be turned back and ashamed! 3
70:2 May those who are trying to take my life
be embarrassed and ashamed! 4
May those who want to harm me
be turned back and ashamed! 5
1 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct jussive form in v. 6.
2 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”
3 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse (“may those…be…embarrassed and ashamed…may those…be turned back and ashamed”) are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.
3 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Ps 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.”
4 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.