Psalm 7:5 {6}
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Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

Let

Job 31:5-10,38-40 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit: . . .

tread

Psalm 44:5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

Psalm 60:12 Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

Job 40:12 Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

Isaiah 10:6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.

Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading under foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be confounded.

Malachi 4:3 And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

lay

Psalm 49:12 And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

Job 16:15 I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.

Selah

Psalm 3:2 Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: for salvation with thy Christ. Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked: thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck.

Context
I Take Refuge in You
4If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies. 5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.6Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord, my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:…
Cross References
Job 16:15
I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

Psalm 7:4
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

Psalm 7:6
Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord, my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:

Lexicon
then may my enemy
אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ (’ō·w·yêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

pursue
יִֽרַדֹּ֥ף (yi·rad·dōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

and overtake
וְיַשֵּׂ֗ג (wə·yaś·śêḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5381: To reach, overtake

me;
נַפְשִׁ֡י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

may he trample
וְיִרְמֹ֣ס (wə·yir·mōs)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7429: To tread upon

me
חַיָּ֑י (ḥay·yāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

to the ground
לָאָ֣רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and leave
יַשְׁכֵּ֣ן (yaš·kên)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

my honor
וּכְבוֹדִ֓י ׀ (ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

in the dust.
לֶעָפָ֖ר (le·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
then may my enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. SelahLet the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life on the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

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

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.
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