Psalms 83:17
15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- KJV
- Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
- WEB
- Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
- ASV
- Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
- DARBY
- Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish:
- BLB
- Let them be put to shame and dismayed until forever, and may they be ashamed and perish!
- ÅB
- La dem blues og forferdes til evig tid, la dem bli til skamme og gå under!
- OTB
- Måtte de bli evig skamfulle og forvirrede,
Og måtte de bli vanæret og forsvinne, - B1930
- La dem blues og forferdes til evig tid, la dem bli til skamme og gå under!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Read in contextPsalms 109:29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
Read in contextPsalms 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Read in contextPsalms 40:14–15
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
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