Discovery BoxPsalms 119:6 
Context119:6 Then I would not be ashamed,
if 1 I were focused on 2 all your commands.
Psalms 40:14
Context40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life
be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 3
May those who want to harm me
be turned back and ashamed! 4
Psalms 70:2
Context70:2 May those who are trying to take my life
be embarrassed and ashamed! 5
May those who want to harm me
be turned back and ashamed! 6
1 tn Or “when.”
2 tn Heb “I gaze at.”
3 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”
4 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse (“may those…be…embarrassed and ashamed…may those…be turned back and ashamed”) are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.
sn See Ps 35:4 for a similar prayer.
5 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Ps 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.”
6 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.
sn See Ps 35:4 for a similar prayer.
