Verse 5

Psalms 35:5

King James Version

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּ/מֹ֥ץ לִ/פְנֵי ר֑וּחַ וּ/מַלְאַ֖ךְ יְהוָ֣ה דּוֹחֶֽה
English Translation
They will be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of the Lord will drive them away.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 35 Context
1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Focus ↗
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Focus ↗
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy... Focus ↗
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought... Focus ↗
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. Focus ↗
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for... Focus ↗
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that... Focus ↗
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. Focus ↗
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too... Focus ↗
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. Focus ↗
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. Focus ↗
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and m... Focus ↗
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mour... Focus ↗
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered the... Focus ↗
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Focus ↗
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Focus ↗
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. Focus ↗
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye th... Focus ↗
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Focus ↗
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Focus ↗
22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Focus ↗
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God (Elohim) and my Lord. Focus ↗
24 Judge me, O LORD my God (Elohim), according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Focus ↗
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him u... Focus ↗
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed... Focus ↗
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually,... Focus ↗
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. Focus ↗