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 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! 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 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ⁶  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Psalms 109:29

109:29 My accusers will be covered ⁷  with shame,

and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Isaiah 41:11

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

your adversaries ⁸  will be reduced to nothing ⁹  and perish.

[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.

[35:4]  ³ 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]  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.

[71:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[109:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”).

[41:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “the men of your strife”; NASB “those who contend with you.”

[41:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”