The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.

May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.

“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

You made us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.

He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future?

Now the part that remains of the curtains of the tent – the half curtain that remains will hang over at the back of the tabernacle.

Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen.”

The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets,

May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.

May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,