then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Cross References
Job 16:15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Psalm 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Psalm 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Treasury of Scripture
Let 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
Job 31:5-10,38-40
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; …
tread
Psalm 44:5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Psalm 60:12
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
lay
Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Job 16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Selah
Psalm 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Habakkuk 3:13
Thou 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.
