Psalms 6:10

6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated ¹  and absolutely terrified! ² 

May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

Psalms 31:17

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! ³ 

Psalms 35:26

35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ⁴ 

May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! ⁵ 

Psalms 40:14-15

40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life

be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ⁶ 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! ⁷ 

40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

be humiliated ⁸  and disgraced! ⁹ 

Psalms 70:2-3

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

be embarrassed and ashamed! ¹⁰ 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! ¹¹ 

70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!”

be driven back ¹²  and disgraced! ¹³ 

Psalms 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ¹⁴  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Psalms 132:18

132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, ¹⁵ 

and his crown will shine.

Jeremiah 20:11

20:11 But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. ¹⁶ 

Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me.

They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed.

Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

[6:10]  ¹ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his prayer with an imprecation, calling judgment down on his enemies.

[6:10]  ² tn Heb “and may they be very terrified.” The psalmist uses the same expression in v. 3 to describe the terror he was experiencing. Now he asks the Lord to turn the tables and cause his enemies to know what absolute terror feels like.

[31:17]  ³ 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.”

[35:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”

[35:26]  ⁵ 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.

[40:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”

[40:14]  ⁷ 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.

[40:15]  ⁸ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

[40:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “May they be humiliated according to their shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’”

[70:2]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.

[70:3]  ¹² tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

[70:3]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[132:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”

[20:11]  ¹⁶ sn This line has some interesting ties with Jer 15:20-21 where Jeremiah is assured by God that he is indeed with him as he promised him when he called him (1:8, 19) and will deliver him from the clutches of wicked and violent people. The word translated here “awe-inspiring” is the same as the word “violent people” there. Jeremiah is confident that his “awe-inspiring” warrior will overcome “violent people.” The statement of confidence here is, by the way, a common element in the psalms of petition in the Psalter. The common elements of that type of psalm are all here: invocation (v. 7), lament (vv. 7-10), confession of trust/confidence in being heard (v. 11), petition (v. 12), thanksgiving or praise (v. 13). For some examples of this type of psalm see Pss 3, 7, 26.