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.

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.

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,

The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty.

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

I, the Lord, say: ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

What do I see?” says the Lord. “The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.

ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame.

מ (Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.