Mazmur 35:26

35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ¹ 

May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! ² 

Mazmur 70:2

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

be embarrassed and ashamed! ³ 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! ⁴ 

Mazmur 141:4

141:4 Do not let me have evil desires, ⁵ 

or participate in sinful activities

with men who behave wickedly. ⁶ 

I will not eat their delicacies. ⁷ 

[35:26]  ¹ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”

[35:26]  ² tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.

[70:2]  ³ 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.”

[70:2]  ⁴ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.

[70:2]  sn See Ps 35:4 for a similar prayer.

[141:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not turn my heart toward an evil thing.”

[141:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “to act sinfully in practices in wickedness with men, doers of evil.”

[141:4]  ⁷ sn Their delicacies. This probably refers to the enjoyment that a sinful lifestyle appears to offer.