Psalms 70:2

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Psalms 70:2


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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let them be ashamedH954 and confoundedH2659 that seekH1245 after my soulH5315: let them be turnedH5472 backwardH268, and put to confusionH3637, that desireH2655 my hurtH7451.


Original Hebrew

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי יִסֹּגוּ אָחֹור וְיִכָּלְמוּ חֲפֵצֵי רָעָתִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ye.Vo.shu H954 HVqi3mp may they be ashamed
וְ/יַחְפְּרוּ֮
ve./yach.pe.Ru H2659 HC/Vqi3mp and/ they may be abashed
מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י
me.vak.Shei H1245 HVprmpc (those who) seek
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥/י
naf.Sh/i H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cs (of) life/ my
יִסֹּ֣גוּ
yi.So.gu H5472 HVNi3mp may they be turned back
אָ֭חוֹר
'A.chor H268 HNcmsa backwards
וְ/יִכָּלְמ֑וּ
ve./yi.kal.Mu H3637 HC/VNi3mp and/ may they be humiliated
חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י
cha.fe.Tzei H2655 HAampc (the) (people) desirous of
רָעָתִֽ/י
ra.'a.T/i H7451 HNcfsc/Sp1cs harm/ my
Strong's References
  • H268 — אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'): or (shortened) אָחֹר (ʼâchôr) ; from אֲחִירַע (ʼĂchîyraʻ) H299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West; after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.
  • H954 — בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, boosh): a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed; (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
  • H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
  • H2655 — חָפֵץ (châphêts, khaw-fates'): from חָפֵץ (châphêts) H2654; pleased with; delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
  • H2659 — חָפֵר (châphêr, khaw-fare'): a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as חָפַר (châphar) H2658 through the idea of detection); to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach; be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
  • H3637 — כָּלַם (kâlam, kaw-lawm'): a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult; be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H5472 — סוּג (çûwg, soog): a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize); backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
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