Psalms 78:66
64 His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
- KJV
- And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
- WEB
- He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
- ASV
- And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
- DARBY
- And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.
- BLB
- And He beat his adversaries back; a reproach forever He gave to them.
- ÅB
- Og han slo sine motstandere tilbake, påførte dem en evig skam.
- OTB
- Han drev sine fiender tilbake;
Han la på dem en evig skam. - B1930
- Og han slo sine motstandere tilbake, påførte dem en evig skam.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 5:6
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:40
And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
Read in contextJob 40:12
Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
Read in context1 Samuel 6:4
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
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