Psalms 31:17-18

31:17 O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,

for I call out to you!

May evil men be humiliated!

May they go wailing to the grave! ¹ 

31:18 May lying lips be silenced –

lips ²  that speak defiantly against the innocent ³ 

with arrogance and contempt!

Psalms 35:4

35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!

May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! ⁴ 

Psalms 35:26

35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ⁵ 

May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! ⁶ 

Psalms 70:2-3

70:2 May those who are trying to take my life

be embarrassed and ashamed! ⁷ 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! ⁸ 

70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!”

be driven back ⁹  and disgraced! ¹⁰ 

Psalms 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ¹¹  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Isaiah 41:11

41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;

your adversaries ¹²  will be reduced to nothing ¹³  and perish.

Isaiah 45:24

45:24 they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” ¹⁴ 

All who are angry at him will cower before him. ¹⁵ 

[31:17]  ¹ tn The verb יִדְּמוּ (yiddÿmu) is understood as a form of דָּמַם (damam, “wail, lament”). Another option is to take the verb from דָּמַם (“be quiet”; see BDB 198-99 s.v. I דָּמַם), in which case one might translate, “May they lie silent in the grave.”

[31:18]  ² tn Heb “the [ones which].”

[31:18]  ³ tn Or “godly.”

[35:4]  ⁴ 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.

[35:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”

[35:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.

[70:2]  ⁷ 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.”

[70:2]  ⁸ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.

[70:3]  ⁹ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

[70:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “May they be turned back according to their shame, those who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’” Ps 40:15 has the verb “humiliated” instead of “turned back” and adds “to me” after “say.”

[71:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[41:11]  ¹² tn Heb “the men of your strife”; NASB “those who contend with you.”

[41:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”

[45:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”

[45:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”