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Psalms 70:2

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70:2 May those who are trying to take my life

be embarrassed and ashamed! 1 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! 2 

1 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.”

2 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.



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