Mazmur 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ¹  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Mazmur 6:10

6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated ²  and absolutely terrified! ³ 

May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

Mazmur 31:17

31:17 O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,

for I call out to you!

May evil men be humiliated!

May they go wailing to the grave! ⁴ 

[71:13]  ¹ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[6:10]  ² tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist concludes his prayer with an imprecation, calling judgment down on his enemies.

[6:10]  ³ tn Heb “and may they be very terrified.” The psalmist uses the same expression in v. 3 to describe the terror he was experiencing. Now he asks the Lord to turn the tables and cause his enemies to know what absolute terror feels like.

[31:17]  ⁴ tn The verb יִדְּמוּ (yiddÿmu) is understood as a form of דָּמַם (damam, “wail, lament”). Another option is to take the verb from דָּמַם (“be quiet”; see BDB 198-99 s.v. I דָּמַם), in which case one might translate, “May they lie silent in the grave.”