Let them be confounded, &c.— They shall blush and be ashamed—They shall be turned back, &c. We should render in the future all the following verses; which our translation puts in the optative mood, and consequently gives them too much the appearance of an imprecatory and revengeful spirit. See the note on Psalms 5:10.
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Psalms 35:4
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.