Psalm 7:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. Selah

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; Yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah

Common English Bible

⁵ then let my enemy not only chase but catch me, trampling my life into the ground, laying my reputation in the dirt. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

Psalm 7:5 Cross References

Job 16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.

Psalm 3:2

many are saying to me, “There is no help for you in God.” Selah

Psalm 44:5

Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down our assailants.

Psalm 49:12

Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish.

Psalm 60:12

With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

Isaiah 10:6

Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 63:3

“I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their juice spattered on my garments, and I stained all my robes.

Jeremiah 17:13

O hope of Israel! O Lord! All who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be recorded in the underworld, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.

Habakkuk 3:13

You came forth to save your people, to save your anointed. You crushed the head of the wicked house, laying it bare from foundation to roof. Selah

Zechariah 10:5

Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

Malachi 4:3

And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:18

Today you have explained how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.

1 Samuel 24:20

Now I know that you shall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.