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Psalms 35:6
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Let their way be dark and slippery,with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
Let their road be dark and slippery as the angel of the Lord chases them.
May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord 's angel chases them!
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai to pursue them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Make their road dark and slippery. Let the Lord 's angel chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
May their path be dark and slippery while the angel of the Lord strikes them down!
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the Angel of Jehovah their pursuer.
Let their waye be darcke and slippery, and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.
Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Let their way be darke and slippery, and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.
Let their way be darke and slipperie: & let the angell of God persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem.
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the LORD pursue them.
Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and dangerous, with the angel of the Lord going to get them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
(34-6) Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!
Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Contextual Overview
(A psalm by David.)
Fight my enemies, Lord ! Attack my attackers! 2 Shield me and help me. 3 Aim your spear at everyone who hunts me down, but promise to save me. 4 Let all who want to kill me be disappointed and disgraced. Chase away and confuse all who plan to harm me. 5 Send your angel after them and let them be like straw in the wind. 6 Make them run in the dark on a slippery road, as your angel chases them. 7 I did them no harm, but they hid a net to trap me, and they dug a deep pit to catch and kill me. 8 Surprise them with disaster! Trap them in their own nets and let them fall and rot in the pits they have dug. 9 I will celebrate and be joyful because you, Lord , have saved me. 10 Every bone in my body will shout: "No one is like the Lord !" You protect the helpless from those in power; you save the poor and needy from those who hurt them.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
their: Psalms 73:18, Proverbs 4:19, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 23:12
dark and slippery: Heb. darkness and slipperiness
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:21 - General Exodus 10:21 - darkness 2 Samuel 24:16 - the angel 2 Kings 19:35 - the angel 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to Isaiah 37:36 - the angel Lamentations 3:66 - Persecute Zephaniah 3:20 - I turn Luke 17:10 - General
Cross-References
Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the Lord .
and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.
This rock will be your house, and I will give back to you a tenth of everything you give me."
During their time there, Jacob's oldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah, who was one of Jacob's other wives. And Jacob found out about it.
Jacob told Joseph: God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, where he gave me his blessing
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery,.... In which they run before the angel, chasing and pursuing them; so that they know not where they are, at what they stumble, whither to flee, nor how to stand; the ways of wicked men are as darkness, they know not in what condition they are, and whither they are going; and utter darkness, even blackness of darkness, is reserved for them: but here it means a calamitous, uncomfortable, fickle, and unstable situation in this life; see Jeremiah 23:11. The allusion is to some of the valleys in the land of Palestine, which were dark, and the roads in them very smooth and slippery, as travellers in those parts have observed q;
and let the angel of God persecute them; Jeremiah 23:11- :.
q See Maundrell's Travel's, p. 7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let their way be dark - Margin, as in Hebrew: “darkness.” That is, let them not be able to see where they go; what danger they incur; what is before them. The idea is that of persons who wander in the night, not knowing what is before them, or what danger may be near. The succession of images and figures here is terrific. The representation is that of persons scattered as the chaff is before the wind; pursued by the angel seeking vengeance; and driven along a dark and slippery path, with no guide, and no knowledge as to the precipices which may be before them, or the enemies that may be pressing upon them.
And slippery - Margin, as in Hebrew: “slipperiness.” This is a circumstance which adds increased terror to the image. It is not only a dark road, but a road made slippery by rains; a road where they are in danger every moment of sliding down a precipice where they will be destroyed.
And let the angel of the Lord persecute them - Pursue or follow them. The word “persecute” we use now in the sense of subjecting one to pain, torture, or privation, on account of his religious opinions. This is not the meaning of the word used here. It is simply to “follow” or “pursue.” The image is that of the avenging angel following on, or pursuing them in this dark and slippery way; a flight in a dark and dangerous path, with a destroying angel close in the rear.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 35:6. Let their way be dark — Let them lose their way, be entangled in morasses and thickets, and be confounded in all their attempts to injure me. All these phrases are military; and relate to ambushes, hidden snares, forced marches in order to surprise, and stratagems of different kinds.
