Psalm 7:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ if I have paid back evil to anyone at peace with me, or unjustly attacked my adversary,

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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:

Psalm 7:5 Cross References

Job 16:15

“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and sunk my horn in the dust;

Psalm 3:2

Adonai, how many are my foes! Many are rising up against me!

Psalm 44:5

You are my King, O God— command victories for Jacob!

Psalm 49:12

Their inward thought is: Their houses are eternal, their dwellings for generation after generation. They name their lands after themselves.

Psalm 60:12

Should it not be You, O God— who spurned us and no longer goes out with our armies?

Isaiah 10:6

I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 63:3

“I have trodden the winepress alone— from the peoples, no man was with Me. I trod them in My anger, and trampled them in My wrath. Their lifeblood spattered My garments, so I stained all My robes.

Jeremiah 17:13

Adonai, You are the hope of Israel! All who forsake You will be ashamed. Those who depart from You will be written in the dirt, for they have forsaken Adonai, the fountain of living waters.

Habakkuk 3:13

You went out for the salvation of Your people—for the deliverance of Your anointed one. You shatter the head of the house of the wicked—to lay it bare from foundation up to the top. Selah

Zechariah 10:5

They will be like mighty men treading down muddy streets in war. They will fight, because Adonai is with them and will put horsemen to shame.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see! Yes, look at the corner of your robe in my hand! For in cutting off the corner of your robe, yet not killing you, you should know and realize that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I haven’t sinned against you, even though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.

1 Samuel 24:18

You’ve told today how well you’ve dealt with me, for Adonai had delivered me up into your hand, yet you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 24:20

Now behold, I know for certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will rise in your hand.