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Psalm 7

Psa. 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let the enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
persecute
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, and take
nasag (Hebrew #5381)
to reach (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, X surely, (over-)take (hold of, on, upon).
Pronounce: naw-sag'
Origin: a primitive root
it; yea, let him tread down
ramac (Hebrew #7429)
to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
KJV usage: oppressor, stamp upon, trample (under feet), tread (down, upon).
Pronounce: raw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and lay
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
mine honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
in the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Dust,
Earth,
Life,
Selah,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Let.
Job 31:5‑10,38‑40• 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:5‑10,38‑40)
tread.
Psa. 44:5• 5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. (Psa. 44:5)
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Psa. 60:12• 12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. (Psa. 60:12)
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Job 40:12• 12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (Job 40:12)
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Isa. 10:6• 6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa. 10:6)
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Isa. 63:3• 3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. (Isa. 63:3)
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Zech. 10:5• 5And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. (Zech. 10:5)
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Mal. 4:3• 3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. (Mal. 4:3)
lay.
Psa. 49:12• 12Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. (Psa. 49:12)
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Job 16:15• 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. (Job 16:15)
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Job 40:13• 13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. (Job 40:13)
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Jer. 17:13• 13O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13)
Selah.
Psa. 3:2• 2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. (Psa. 3:2)
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Hab. 3:13• 13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. (Hab. 3:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glorya in the dust. Selah.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "cause mine honour to dwell."