Psalm 7:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 horn in the dust.

Psalm 3:2

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah

Psalm 44:5

Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Psalm 49:12

But man abideth not in honour: He is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 60:12

Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that shall tread down our adversaries.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 63:3

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

Jeremiah 17:13

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed; they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Habakkuk 3:13

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah

Zechariah 10:5

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them: and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my soul to take it.

1 Samuel 24:18

And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.