I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,\par\tab And have laid my horn in the dust.
Psalm 7:5 - American Standard Version 2015 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;\par\tab Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth,\par\tab And lay my glory in the dust. {\i Selah Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies. |
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,\par\tab And have laid my horn in the dust.
Many there are that say of my soul,\par\tab There is no help for him in God. {\i Selah
Through thee will we push down our adversaries:\par\tab Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
But man {\i being} in honor abideth not:\par\tab He is like the beasts that perish.\par
Through God we shall do valiantly;\par\tab For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.\par
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.
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 wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,\par\tab For the salvation of thine anointed;\par\tab Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked man,\par\tab Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. {\i Selah
And they shall be as mighty men, treading down {\i their enemies} in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.\par
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 my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.
And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.