Mazmur 71:24

71:24 All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice,

for those who want to harm me ¹  will be embarrassed and ashamed. ² 

Mazmur 6:10

6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated ³  and absolutely terrified! ⁴ 

May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!

Mazmur 35:4

35:4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!

May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! ⁵ 

Mazmur 35:26

35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ⁶ 

May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! ⁷ 

Mazmur 40:14-15

40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life

be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ⁸ 

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed! ⁹ 

40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

be humiliated ¹⁰  and disgraced! ¹¹ 

[71:24]  ¹ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[71:24]  ² tn Heb “will have become embarrassed and ashamed.” The perfect verbal forms function here as future perfects, indicating future actions which will precede chronologically the action expressed by the main verb in the preceding line.

[6:10]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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.

[35:4]  ⁵ tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See also the distinct jussive form in v. 6.

[35:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”

[35:26]  ⁷ 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.

[40:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”

[40:14]  ⁹ 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.

[40:14]  sn See Ps 35:4 for a similar prayer.

[40:15]  ¹⁰ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

[40:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “May they be humiliated according to their shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’”