Psalms 35:6
4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
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Compare
- BSB
- May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
- KJV
- Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- WEB
- Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
- ASV
- Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
- DARBY
- Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
- BLB
- Let their path be darkness and slickness—and let the angel of YHWH pursue them!
- ÅB
- La veien deres bli mørk og glatt,
og la Herrens engel forfølge dem! - OTB
- La deres vei være mørk og glatt,
Med Herrens engel som forfølger dem. - B1930
- La deres vei bli mørk og glatt, og Herrens engel forfølge dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 23:12
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Read in contextProverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
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